Record ID: LANCUM-7E56BD
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spindle whorl made from a piece of Roman Samian ware pottery. It is slightly concave. There is no decoration, and the edges are chipped all of the way round the outside on the underside, and in a few discreet areas on the surface. The whorl may post date the Roman period as the central hole is not at the smallest end of the spectrum for a Roman date. One of very similar shape and dimensions is recorded as PUBLIC-DD674B Dimensions: 38mm diameter and 9mm thick, the central hole is 7mm diameter and it weighs 13.79g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8AD76E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Baked clay plain spindle whorl. Pottery. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 410-850 Diameter: 34mm, Thickness: 19mm, Weight: 22.61gms
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: NLM-739476
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black pottery spindle whorl. Baked clay plain and coarse spindle whorl. Pottery, black pot. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 410-850 Length: 41.6mm, Width: 42.8mm, Thickness: 15.8mm, Weight: 22.28gms
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: WAW-333E4C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic spindle whorl probably dating to the Roman to Early Medieval period (c. AD 43-850). The object is irregular in plan and sub-trapezdoidal in section, with a circular central aperture. The object is formed from a cream-coloured fabric with a black patina in places around one side.  The object measures 61mm in length, 69mm in width and 22mm in thickness. 
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
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Record ID: WMID-308F74
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic bi convex decorated spindle whorl, of probably the Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1100 to AD 1450. The spindle whorl is sub circular in shape, and lentoid in section. Neither face seems to be decorated. The central hole is circular in shape and has been cast / set roughly centrally. It has a internal diameter of 7.6 mm. The outer edges have been damaged. The ceramic appears to have a high quartz (sand) content and highly oxidised. The whorl measures 33.9 mm in diameter and 15.2 mm thick. It weighs 15.9 g (0.56 oz). The who…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: BH-78230B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A re-shaped piece of a samian vessel, probably re-used as a spindle whorl dating to the second or third century AD. Incomplete (a fresh piece missing) rough oval/disc with a hole discoloured with black deposit rather than burnt, a very micaceous fabric, SAMCG I think rather than under-fired SAMEG (but slip very thin and no other inclusions). Hole c.5mm diameter, the surface is chipped and spalled around the perforation. 10g. (Sherd ID 249)
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
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Record ID: BH-78192E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A re-shaped piece of a samian vessel, probably re-used as a spindle whorl dating to the second or third century AD. Very abraded and burnt cup base, no slip remains apart from in the groove at the top of the foot-ring; possibly a Dr27 foot/base but really too worn to be certain. Only half survives, apparently broken across a ?drilled central hole, suggesting this base was shaped and re-used as a spindle whorl (sherd ID no 230) SAMCG
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F4DF8F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post-medieval ceramic spindle whorl, globular with flattened poles, parts of one pole missing, oxidised, micaceous, probably Late Medieval and Transitional ware (Jennings 1981, 61-2). Cf. SF-923F40, a smaller example. Diameter 38.5mm. Thickness/height 25.5mm. Hole diameter 10 - 11.5mm. Weight 40g. Mid 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Record ID: DENO-2F1583
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undecorated pale coloured ceramic or stone spindle whorl. The artefact is conical shaped with slightly convex sides, 9.4mm in diameter in the centre, light grey fabric with some inclusions. Similar to SWYOR-921288. Diameter 33.8mm, height 22.8mm, weight 27.21g.
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
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Record ID: SF-923F40
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ceramic spindle whorl of probable early post-medieval date. The spindle is a flattened globular shape with a central circular hole, c.14mm in diameter. A groove runs around the midpoint of the outer face. It is made from a orange sandy earthenware fabric with angular quartz (
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E70A69
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery spindle whorl. Grey reduced fabric sandy fabric, probably made from a Roman Greyware base sherd. Flat-sided cylindrical discoid whorl with a central drilled aperture of diameter 8.1mm. The light material would make this object suitable for spinning a fine yarn, while the material and aperture size could commend either a Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. Chipped or nicked at one edge, and worn thereafter. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Roman to Early Medieval, 200-800 Diameter: 33.3mm, Thickness: 8.3mm, Weight: 11.45gms
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-D26222
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plano-convex spindle whorl made from dark fabric grog-tempered ceramic. The whorl is worn, smooth, and undecorated. The fabric is fine grained and has small reddish-orange inclusions. Possibly Roman or Early Medieval.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: LIN-16202A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ceramic spindle whorl or ceramic bead, probably dating to the Roman to early medieval period, c. AD 43 - 680 . The object is circular in shape with a flat cross section. The upper and lower surfaces are flat. The central hole has been set roughly centrally, and has an internal diameter of 11 mm. The shape of the item would suggest that it has been specifically made and not created from a reused sherd of pottery. The spindle whorl or bead has been made from ceramic, with frequent fine grit inclusions. The surface carries soot and is weathered. The object has a diameter…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbournby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2EBAF9
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete clay probable spindle whorl of uncertain date. The objects is globular with a central perforation running through it. The outer surface is decorated with a series of parallel but irregular grooves which appear to be made using a hand held tool. The clay is a burnt orange colour with a small blackened patch to one side. The object is 31.3mm in diameter, 27.2mm tall and weighs 22.2g. The perforation is 6.4mm in diameter. Walton Rogers (1997, p.1713) discussed the diameter of spindle holes in relation to their dating stating that Iron Age and Roman spindles have holes…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-B1FB5F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spindle whorl made from a base of Roman greyware pottery, diameter 23.5mm, thickness 6mm, weight 3.78g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th July 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-B9629E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic possible spindle whorl of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The object is formed of a semi-circular disc of possible Black Burnished ware (BB1) pottery. Approximately half of the object has been lost to worn breaks. One side of the remaining portion displays a slight raised rim, the other side has a recessed central band. A perforation is present through what would have been the middle of the object when complete. The object is 39.7mm long, 14.3mm wide, 10.7mm thick and weighs 8.2g. Similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database as SOM-C0F331, HAMP-04…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: WAW-29341F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Medieval (1st to 15th centuries) spindle whorl: A stone or ceramic spindle whorl which is sub-circular in plan and in profile is D-sectioned with the base being flat. There is a central sub-circular perforation which is 8.13mm diameter. The surface is a light cream colour with some pitting and voids. It measures 29.18mm diameter and is 17.87mm thick. It weighs 16.26g. Spindle whorls, as an artefact type, can be hard to date accurately as they remained in use for a long period of time.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st May 2018
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Record ID: LON-400B9E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman to Medieval ceramic spindle whorl of uncertain date. The whorl is made from a buff to light grey coloured clay. It is sub-circular in form, oval shaped in section with a central circular aperture which has a diameter of 11mm. Dimensions: diameter: 32.5mm; thickness: 20.3; weight: 26.49g Similar spindle whorls on the database include LON-7686B3, and WILT-4F5487.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-CB8F92
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic spindle whorl, probably dating from the Late Roman period and made from a sherd of an East Sussex Ware vessel.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: WILT-E9779D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age clay spindle whorl dating to the period 800 BC- AD 43. The spindle whorl is of unusual design and is reel shaped with two sub-circular discs at either end which gradually narrow to a 'waist' in the centre. There is a vertical hole pierced through the centre of both discs. The spindle whorl is made of a reddish brown clay with about two-thirds of the surface of both ends and a joining section across the 'waist' coloured black. There are numerous small to medium flint inclusions and a number of large flint inclusions. The spindle whorl is crudely made, although the surface i…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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