Record ID: NMS-733F98
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval/Post Medieval lead spindle-whorl, cast biconical (diameter 29mm) with relief decoration on one face comprising four lines radiating from a central perforation with concentric line of bordering pellets between and the other face with eight radiating lines and two to four pellets between each. Weighs 32.83g, 1.16oz. Cf. similarly elaborate example from Mellor and Pearce (1981), fig.51, no.71.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beverley', grid reference and parish protected.