Record ID: NLM738
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon limestone spindle whorl, ring-dot decoration, carved, not biconical.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 1998
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH HOLLAND', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2191
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The item is made from a stone which is either limestone or very similar. The stone has a grainy, easily worn texture. The colour of the stone is a dark brown/orange colour. The item is a flat circular disc with a central hole which has vertical sides and is 7.55mm diam. The two faces of the disc are parallel, however there are small indentations, particularly on one surface. It is difficult to determine whether these occurred in antiquity or recently. The edges of the item are rounded.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF3668
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Chalk spindle whorl, circular and plano-convex or slightly biconvex, and 37 mm in diameter. The circular perforation is 10 mm in diameter and slightly off-centre, and is cylindrical except for a slight flare at the flatter face. The chalk is hard and white with tiny black flecks and an area of brown staining.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE BOTTISHAM', 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.

Record ID: NLM4779
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Limestone spindle whorl turned on a lathe. Anglo-Saxon.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2000
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Holland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4780
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon, made from fine limestone, turned on a lathe.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Holland', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT2461
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Spindle whorl with rounded top with flattened base. Deep grouse around circumference. No chamfering to hole. Fossilised coral clearly seen on upper. Possibly from Derbyshire.
Created on: Monday 8th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT SNODLAND', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5007
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Irregular perforated weight or spindle-whorl made from chalk. Sub-rectangular with rounded corners when viewed either from the top or the side, it measures 27 x 34 mm and is 15 mm thick. It is either not particularly well made or has suffered some damage, as it has a rather lumpy outline. The circular perforation is a little off-centre and is symmetrically waisted, narrowing slightly to c. 10 mm minimum diameter. Weights like this one are usually interpreted as spindle-whorls, but a rectangular weight would perhaps not make a very good whorl as it would not turn evenly. They canno…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK DEBENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW3236
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Discoidal spindle whorl - stone (sandstone - dark red brown colour). Diameter 34-35mm; diameter of perforation 9mm; thickness (minimum) 10mm; weight 12.9 grams. One face of the spindel whorl is split, possibly by plough damage, and the surviving face is marked by the plough, although this may be a knife mark. Probably either medieval or later in date.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM6072
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon limestone spindle whorl, very roughly made with incised line decoration.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2001
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE STALLINGBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7263
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Spindle whorl made from some kind of stone, probably sandstone but possibly lava. It is globular, with its widest point (35 mm in diameter) not at the midpoint but three-fifths of the way towards one end. It measures 25 mm from one end of the central circular perforation to the other, and the perforation flares from 7 mm at the more pointed end to 9 mm at the more rounded end. There are five grooves around the circumference which were probably made on a lathe. Spindle whorls are difficult to date, but most of those on middle and late Anglo-Saxon sites have lathe-turned grooved deco…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STOWUPLAND', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID4354
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The spindle whorl is circular in plan with a central hole. The central hole is 9.22mm diameter. The faces of the whorl are flat and undecorated. The corners are slightly rounded. The spindle whorl is made of a dense, fine-grained stone, which is a light beige colour with a red hue. However the red colour is likely to be influenced by the colour of the soil.
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID4642
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
The spindle whorl is slightly biconical in cross section, but appears at first glance to be conical, except the base is tapered slightly in profile. The surface of the base is slightly concave. In the centre is a vertical circular hole which is 8.49mm diametre. The whorl is circular in plan with a smooth surface, except for two cracks/indentations. The whorl is made of a fine grained, laminated silty mudstone.
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NCL-823EF3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is flat circular and made out of chalk. Its has a central perforation measuring 6.55mm in diameter. It appears to be a spindle whorl.
Created on: Monday 29th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-079017
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete stone spindle whorl, conical in shape with a diameter of 33.2mm and a height of 18.34mm. The stone is dense and light grey in colour. There is a circular perforation through the centre of this spindle whorl, measuring 6.9mm at the tapering end and 8.6mm at the flat face. The flat face of this spindle whorl is decorated with two concentric incised circles. This spindle whorl is perhaps most likely to be Anglo-Saxon in date, especially due to the Anglo-Saxon objects it was found in the same area as.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-07AC03
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a stone probable spindle whorl, circular in shape and measuring c33mm in diameter and 8.9mm thick. The stone is mid grey in colour. The complete face is smooth and flat and the other face is missing due to an old break. The surviving sides do not seem to be tapering so it is likely that this possible spindle whorl was flat rather than conical in shape. There is a central circular perforation, 7.6mm in diameter. This spindle whorl is perhaps most likely to be early medieval or medieval in date due to the site where it was discovered and the fact that other finds of a …
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F4A5E4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon stone spindle-whorl, fine-grained pale-grey limestone, flattened sphere with central perforation and incised decoration comprising three simple crosses each within bordering line and then one cross above another evenly spaced around median band, with four cross-hatched triangles around perforation on one side and rather more random oblique radiating lines around the other side of perforation, height 21mm, diameter 29mm, weighs 23.19g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th March 2004
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

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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
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Record ID: WILT-9D1591
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chalk spindle whorl, probably prehistoric in date, and most likely to be Iron Age. It is roughly circular, 16.5mm in thickness, and has a diameter of c.39mm. It has a central piercing c.10mm in diameter. The edges are slightly angular but smooth. Both faces have a number of scratch marks, probably through age.
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: CPAT-7B3C03
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
Damaged stone spindle whorl.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.