Record ID: WILT-73EA15
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age or Roman chalk Spindle Whorl, with a damaged edge in two places. It weighs 100.62g and measures 79.52mm in diameter. It is max.21.25mm in thickness, towards one edge and min.14.50mm at the opposite (broken) edge. The central perforation is 17.82x21.03mm in the middle, widening to 21.57x24.96mm and 24.06x26.11mm on either surface.
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-728122
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or medieval stone spindle whorl, 42mm in diameter and 19mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 42.88grams. The whorl has a central hole circular hole, c.10mm in diameter. The rock is fine grained and has calcite/quartz small rounded inclusions.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: HESH-7B13F0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ground and polished stone spindle whorl of probable late Prehistoric- later medieval date (-2000 BC – 1500 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 38mm and is 11.5mm thick. There is a circular drilled hole through the whorl and this is set slightly off centre: it is also egg-timer shaped caused by drilling from both faces. The diameter of the hole measures 7.9mm. The whorl weighs 22.3 grams. The whorl is undecorated and the edges are worn. The whorl is made from course sandstone which has been shaped so that it is lentoid in cross section. The sandst…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-98A596
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete stone spindle whorl. A carved sub-circular, bi-conical piece of fine grained sedimentary rock. One face is slightly more domed than the other. There is an off-centre drilled hole for attachment to a spindle. The hole has been drilled out from both sides, producing an hour-glass profile. Date: possibly Iron age to medieval Dimensions: 70.71 mm x 59.60 mm x 23.11 mm. Hole diameter - 10.51 mm Weight: 136.3 g
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-7E3071
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half a chalk spindle whorl of unknown date.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-697645
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved (chipped and ground) siltstone spindle whorl of unknown date probably Roman to Post-Medieval date (100 – 1600 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan; it measures 26.1mm length, 25.8mm width and is 7.4mm thick. There is a circular hole drilled through the whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 6.4mm. The whorl weighs 7.38 grams. The siltstone is a mid-brown grey colour. Both sides of the spindle whorl are undecorated. The drilled hole is very regular and neat possibly suggesting a later date. Spindle whorls are difficult to date precisel…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Sunday 17th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C89A84
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate spindle whorl, circular in plan and flat in profile, with a circular perforation, measuring about 6.8 mm in diameter. Romano-British, judging from the majority of material that it was found with. Quinnell (2004) illustrates a similar example from Trethurgy on page 143, Fig.68, No.30 which is dated to the later stages of the site, c.AD 450-550. Carlyon (1987) illustrates a similar example from Carvossa on page 137, Fig.14, No.25, which is dated from the 1st to the 4th century AD.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-FE6044
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone spindle whorl. Buff coloured sandstone circular disc, rectangular in section, with central perforation (diameter 7.4mm, not tapering). Damage to one side of one surface. Diameter c.36.5mm, thickness c.16.5mm, weight 28.75g. Likely to be early medieval considering the date of the majority of other finds from the site.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow upon Trent area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-FDFA97
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn circular stone object, probably a spindle whorl. The stone is a very light grey fine-grained type of uncertain category. The whorl is globular in form and rectangular (with rounded corners) in section with a flat base and top. The artefact is seemingly undecorated. It measures 26.5mm in diameter with a large spindle hole with a diameter of 9.8mm. The spindle whorl is 17.5mm in thickness and weighs 13.5g. It has been pointed out that the weight of a spindle whorl is suggestive of the thickness of yarn produced, with lighter spindle whorls (3 - 5 grams) being used for spinning co…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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
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Record ID: LVPL-6FCD42
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Halton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable stone spindle whorl made from fine grained, light grey coloured sedimentary rock. Truncated dome shape with central perforation. The hole measure 13mm in diameter at the top narrowing to 8mm at the centre and 12mm at the base. The base is slightly damaged.
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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
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Record ID: LVPL2208
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Stone spindle whorl in fine grained buff coloured sandstone. Central hole tapering in section. Broken horizontally, one half missing but would have originally been bi-convex.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF6623
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Spindle whorl made from chalk, 37 mm in diameter and 13 mm thick. It is a thick disc in shape, with both circular faces slightly convex and the sides gently rounded. The central perforation flares gently from 8 mm at one end to 10 mm at the other. All surfaces are covered with irregularly set concentric grooves, apart from a small area around each end of the perforation. The whorl weighs 21.5g. Whorls are very hard to date.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.