Record ID: NLM-7C9924
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of unknown date. The plain cylindrical spindle whorl has a central circular perforation with a diameter of 8.4mm. The diameter of the spindle whorl is 21.1mm, the thickness is 13.8mm and the weight is 58.9g.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-72D7A0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex or conical whorl with a central aperture of diameter 7.1mm; the small size of the hole may admit a Roman date. Alternatively, this may be an Early Medieval whorl of Walton Rogers form A2. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 40-1000. Height: 14.3mm, Diameter: 26mm, Weight: 47.98gms.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM2668
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Quite flat, undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM2669
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Very unshapely, undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM2670
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small, conical, undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM2743
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very unshapely, struck rings as decoration.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EAST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM891
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Biconical, undecorated and worn.
Created on: Friday 2nd October 1998
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EAST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM-891660
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bi-conical broken in half, regular small angular inclusions.
Created on: Saturday 31st May 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BILLINGBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DD1361
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead weight of unknown date. The simple dome-shaped weight has a central circular perforation with a diameter of 9.7mm.The external diameter is 28.3mm, the height is 12.9mm and the weight is 42.06g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E72DC3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date. In the centre of the circular weight is a large circular perforation with a diameter of 10.9mm. One face is slightly concave and is decorated with raised lines in a lattice formation. The other face is flat and undecorated. The external diameter is 25.4mm and the weight is 29.14g.
Created on: Monday 20th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-E73F52
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date. The flat circular weight has a central circular perforation (diameter 8.3mm) with a raised ridge around the edge. Both faces are divided into eight sections, with alternate sections decorated with raised pellets. The external diameter is 25.8mm and the weight is 21.68g.
Created on: Monday 20th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-0FAB85
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with central moulded and slightly tapered aperture of diameter 12.4mm, surrounded by a prominent ridge probably created at the time of casting. The plano-convex form agrees with Walton Rogers' Form A1, possibly derived from that of cattle femur head whorls, while the large aperture would indicate date later than the Middle Saxon period. The extent of patination, which is patchy and modest on the curved surface and absent from the flat surface, must introduce significant doubt as to dating of this object, unless recent disturbance fr…
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-114C24
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl. Cast biconvex whorl with central moulded aperture of diameter 10.5mm, and with a flat rim circa 4mm wide where the two convex halves meet. Patinated overall. Though the identification is probably safe, dating remains uncertain. The characteristics of the whorl could admit dating between the Anglo-Scandinavian period and the Post-Medieval period, most likely at one or the other end of that span. At either period it would have served for plying cord rather than spinning a yarn. Suggested date: Unknown, 850-1600. Diameter: 31.2mm, Thickness: 11.7mm, Weight: 58.98gms.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DF57A8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible spindle whorl. Cast barrel-shaped weight with a central aperture of diameter c.8mm, lightly squashed, with a small nick on one side and patinated overall. A deep cut appears to be recent damage. The mass would admit use as a whorl to spin a fine yarn, and the aperture would possibly permit an early - Roman or Anglo-Saxon - date, though the barrel shaped spindle whorl was equally the dominant high medieval form. The object was reported along with several annular fishing line weights, and might have been pressed into service in that capacity as well, possibly then receivin…
Created on: Friday 14th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-798E5C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with central moulded aperture of diameter 5.5mm, possibly Walton Rogers form A1. Patinated overall. The aperture in this case is just below the low end of the range suggested for Anglo-Saxon whorls, so either an alternative identification - perhaps as a counter - or a wider date range might be entertained. The mass at least would qualify this object as a whorl for spinning a fine yarn. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 43-850. Diameter: 21.7mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 13.35gms.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4137B5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle qwhorl. Cast whorl with central moulded aperture of diameter 11.2mm. Loss to corrosion or abrasion around the edges leaves the form uncertain, though there is a suspicion of a plano-convex form. The mass suggests this might have been used to spin a yarn. Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Post-Medieval, 850-1600. Diameter: 27.4mm, Thickness: 6.3mm, Weight: 19.57gms.
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-573D72
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl. Cast whorl with central moulded aperture of diameter 8mm. The whorl is heavily pitted and possibly part melted, leaving its original form uncertain, and is heavily patinated over these insults. They may arise from use as a child's teething ring, and are features occasionally reported on objects of soft material such as lead, despite the hazards of its ingestion. The pacification of an unquiet child presumably trumped any such considerations Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Post-Medieval, 700-1600. Diameter: 29mm, Thickness: 9.2mm, Weight: 39.33gms.
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B146C4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible spindle whorl. Disc cut from cast lead sheet with knife-trimmed edges and a central round hole of diameter 6.3mm. Patinated overall. The small aperture would be consistent with a spindle whorl of Roman or Anglo-Saxon date, and both periods saw whorls improvised from other objects in a range of materials, though such a thin form is unusual. The mass would make this apt to spinning a yarn. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-850. Diameter: 35.9mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 19.78gms.
Created on: Friday 13th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DC4BD2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible spindle whorl. Cast cylindrical whorl with central moulded aperture of diameter 10.5mm. Very lightly patinated. The form, of Walton Rogers Form B, is common from Anglo-Scandinavian York. A pair of nicks on either side of the hole, along with other dents on the same side of the whorl, may, however, show reuse of the object as a tied weight with tying notches. This could have been be significantly later than the manufacture of the object. Such reuse may have washed off a denser coat of patina from this object. Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Post-Medieval. …
Created on: Friday 15th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottesford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8F8CA1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with a central moulded tapered aperture of diameter 10-10.5mm, cf. Walton Rogers form A1, and with shrinkage lines suggesting manufacture in an open mould; patinated. The spindle hole size could point to an Anglo-Scandinavian date; however, the flattened rim distinguishes this from other whorls of this form, and might leave open the possibility of this being a copy or partial copy [i.e. using half of a biconical whorl as a master] of a later type. Reported along with two other whorls of probably early medieval date, though whether in close p…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salton', grid reference and parish protected.