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Record ID: SOMDOR438
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Lead spindle whorl. Flat disc of lead with central pierced hole.
Created on: Monday 17th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waddon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR457
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman spindle whorl. No further details.
Created on: Monday 6th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOMERSET ILCHESTER', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR903
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Possible lead spindle whorl or weight. Sub-circular disc of lead with a central hole.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'S. Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR904
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Possible lead spindle whorl or weight. Sub-oval disc of lead with a central hole.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'S. Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-3A3931
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic spindle whorl fashioned from a re-used Roman pottery sherd. The pottery fabric is coarse and sandy and reminiscent of South East Dorset Black Burnished Ware. One surface is oxidised orange and the other reduced dark grey-black in colour. The reduced surface is burnished. It has been roughly shaped into an approximate circle measuring 25.17mm diameter, 6.96mm thick and weighing 5.52g. It has been pierced with a hole of 5.39mm diameter in the centre.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Sub Hamdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-46E314
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of probable medieval date. The bi-convex spindle whorl has a diameter of 30.9mm, a maximum thickness of 13.4mm and weighs 59.21g. The central circular hole has a diameter of 10.2mm. There is a different moulded design on each side of the spindle whorl. One side is decorated with a series of radiating curved lines, each with three pellets in between and the other side is decorated with a zigzagged line, with groups of two to three pellets in each angle created.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-58E541
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of indeterminate date. The object is at the upper end of the distribution curve for the normal weight of spindle whorls at 29g. This may suggest that it was used for spinning relatively fine yarn (Wild, 1988, 25). The approximate bun shape of the whorl is known from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period. The diameter is 24.81mm. Spindle Whorls made from lead are relatively rare and might suggest a date of between the Roman and Medieval periods.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-002FD2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead bi-conical spindle whorl dateable only to the Roman period or later.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-8118E5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of greyware pottery cut into a circle and pierced to form a spindle whorl. The central hole is circular. Large body sherd from a jar. Coarse fabric with a slightly oxidised pink core. Mixed temper of sand, stone and grog.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-A7C685
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub circular disc of lead. The sides are flat. On one face is a slight concentric groove. The other face is flat. There is an off-centre, circular pierced hole (5.54 mm diameter). Probable spindle whorl. Not closly datable.
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-4D0330
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible cut stone spindlewhorl. A sub circular, thick disc of stone with a small central hole. The hole is straight sided and 5mm in diameter. It has been roughly cut from a piece of hard red sandstone, most likely from the Quantock Hills in Somerset (identification provided by Dennis Parsons, Keeper of Natural History, Somerset County Museums Service). There are several plough scrapes on the surface of the object.
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-DAD883
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl with ring and dot decoration, dating from the late medieval period. It has two flat faces and its central perforation, which has a slightly raised lip on each side, measures 7.6mm. Each face is decorated with five ring and dot motifs, which are not quite equally spaced. The surface has flaked off the object in several places. Lead spindle whorls were made from the Roman period onwards, but decorated examples generally date from the late medieval period.
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1714
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Unevenly fired clay with areas of reduction and oxidisation . Tempered with flint and crushed limestone pieces . The spindle whorl is a slightly tapering cylinder with convex sides. There is a circular hole running longitudinally. This is placed centrally at the narrower top and off centre at the wider base. At the top there is a ridge around the edge. The base is flat. There are three girth bands sub-circular depressions running around the outer surface.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1596
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
1 spindle whorl. Disc of turned shale with a central hole.
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-984376
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone spindle whorl. It is a sub-circular stone with a circular hole drilled in the centre. It is an irregular disk with flat upper and lower surfaces and ventrical sides. One face is smoothed and worn as is the edge and the wall of the hole. The other face is somewhat rougher and damaged. Hole diameter 8.67mm
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-EEBBA3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chalk spindle whorl of unknown date. The spindle whorl is slightly irregular, but is circular in plan, with a diameter of between 58.72 and 60.68mm and plano-convex in profile with a maximum thickness of 21.27mm. In the centre there is a round perforation which has been drilled from both sides. It is between 6.5 and 15.5mm in diameter. On some parts of the surface working marks are visible and around the central perforation on the flat side there is an oval incised line, about 1mm in width. Weight: 77.55g
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bincombe area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9E1B31
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable chalk spindle whorl or possibly a weight. A sub-circular disc of stone with a hole bored in the centre. The hole has a slight hour-glass profile. The upper and lower faces are slightly convex and the edge is flattened. Internal diameter of hole is 6.27 mm
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9E3BC1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable stone spindle whorl or possibly a weight. A circular disc of stone with a hole bored in the centre. The hole isstraight sided. The upper and lower faces are slightly convex and the edge is tapering and rounded. Internal diameter of hole is 8.06 mm.
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
No spatial data available.