Record ID: YORYM-F6CC6C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is made of a flint. It has been shaped through covering, scaled retouching on one side and the edges. The other side retains its natural, smooth surface until it meets the covering, scaled retuching at the edges. A sub-circular central perforation is present. The end of the perforation on the worked side of the spindle whorl is wider than the end of the perforation on the unworked side, suggesting that the hole was drilled from the worked side. The spindle whorl is undecorated. The spindle whorl is 30.2mm in diameter, 11.…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-3DD322
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete chalk spindle whorl of Early-medieval date (AD 700-1066). The object is bi-concave in section and circular in profile with a single, central circular perforation. The whorl is smooth and undecorated. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities database Unique ID: NLM-9019C2. The metal is a light cream in colour. External Diameter: 32.27mm, Internal Diameter: 11.54mm.
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2013
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Record ID: YORYM-FCAD23
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is made of a soft, light calsitic stone which has been worked to be circular in plan with rounded sides and edges. A sub-circular central perforation is present and the whorl is undecorated. The whorl is 44.2mm in diameter, 14mm thick and weighs 31.4g. Spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Geoff Egan suggests that the cheaper, possibly home-made, ceramic and bone spindle whorls were displaced by purposefully manufactured stone …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Record ID: FAKL-6F6384
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Spindle whorl made from a medium grained, light grey limestone. Plano-convex with a rounded top and a flat base. Through the centre is a 9.6mm diameter hole.
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barmston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-B13867
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Spindle whorl made from a buff coloured, shelly limestone, plano-convex with a 10.3mm diameter hole through its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.