Record ID: PUBLIC-6D0474
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic spindle whorl of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval .The spindle-whorl is near circular (with a diameter of 34.4mm) and of sub-rectangular section (with a thickness of 9.3mm) with some damage to the edge. There is slight curvature on both faces (one face is convex and the other concave), suggesting the spindle-whorl is made on a body sherd of a large vessel. The central aperture is circular with parallel straight sides (8.0mm). The pottery fabric is well fired and coarse with quartz inclusions. The pottery may be of Roman or medieval date. The whorl has a weight o…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2011
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Record ID: CAM-E2E3E3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic spindle whorl. The fabric of the object consists of light orangey brown with calcareous inclusions. Diameter: 35.24mm, thickness: 20.33mm, weight: 23.95g.
Created on: Friday 4th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NLM-891660
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bi-conical broken in half, regular small angular inclusions.
Created on: Saturday 31st May 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BILLINGBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NCL-03C630
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Ceramic, conical object. It possesses a central perforation measuring 10mm in diameter and a flat bottom. Dr Kevin Leahy writes: it is most unlikely that this object was, as described, a 'Loom weight' and it was probably a spindle whorl. Dating is impossible on the surviving evidence.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd September 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Murton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4F5487
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete conical spindle whorl of uncertain date. The spindle whorl is probably ceramic, although it could be a sandstone. It measures 33.43mm in diameter,14.24mm in height. and the diameter of the hole is 11.43mm. It weighs 18.18 grams.
Created on: Monday 20th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
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Record ID: ESS-E8F522
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic spindle whorl dating from the Roman to Medieva periods (43 - 1500 AD). The spindle whorl is flat and sub circular with a circular hole through the centre. The whorl has been formed from a fine white paste sherd. It measures 32mm in diameter. Spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the Post Medieval period which makes them difficult to date without contextual evidence. This spindle whorl appears to have been made from a piece of Roman pottery and so a slightly shorter date range has been suggested.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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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: 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.

Record ID: SF-15A485
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete spindle whorl of uncertain date. It is missing part of one end due to old breaks but is otherwise intact. The whorl appears to be formed from fired grey/brown clay. It is circular in form, oval shaped in section with a large central circular aperture and very smooth, regular surfaces. It measures 21.62mm in length, 30.13mm in external diameter, 11.31mm in internal diameter, and 24.24g in weight. This is a ceramic spindle whorl of uncertain date. It is possible that it dates as early as the Anglo-Saxon period, although a later date cannot be ruled out entirely.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrough Green', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NCL-AAE256
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic spindle whorl of Roman or Early Medieval date. The whorl is basically biconical, but with a well rounded medial ridge. The central perforation has a diameter of 9.77mm.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-3181F3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single spindle whorl. Roman. very chipped. Made up of a pinkish fabric with shell inclusions which has been overfired in places. very light. 38mm in diameter with a central hole 11mm in diameter. 20mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-AE7287
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic spindle whorl fashioned from a re-used Roman pottery sherd. The pottery fabric is mid brown-orange with abundent sand temper. It thickens towards one side. The sherd has been roughly shaped into an approximate circle measuring 26.2mm diameter, 6.5mm thick and weighing 5.23g. It has been pierced with a hole of 4.6mm diameter which is off-centre.
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton on Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-692BA5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Undated ceramic spindle whorl, 34mm in diameter and 25mm high. The object is in fair condition with an orange patina and weighs 20.93grams. It is circular in form with a circular hole, 7mm in diameter. In section it is sub rectangular with flat upper and lower surfaces and a bulging waist. The fabric not been positively identified past it being sandy.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Record ID: BERK-AF4D45
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic discoidal spindle whorl, pierced through the centre from one side only. The fabric of the ceramic is red / pinkish in colour and has abundant inclusions of crushed flint and quartz. The fabric is reminiscent of some Bronze Age fabrics but this fabric is too well made, is well fired and dense. A Roman or possibly Medieval period may be more appropriate.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: GLO-D27746
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Bristol
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spindle whorl diameter 35mm, thickness 10mm. Circular spindle whorl that is broken in two that has been make out of a fragment of grey ware pottery.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
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Record ID: GLO-B400A5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic circular spindle whorl diameter 30mm, thickness 7mm, weight 8.09g. This weight has been made from a flat fragment of Severn Valley Ware that has an off centre hole drilled through it. Date 43-410
Created on: Monday 13th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Highnam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-24B394
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman colour coated ware vessel that has had a circular hole drilled through the centre of the base, possible for use as a spindle whorl, dating to AD 150-410. The fragment consists of the base of a beaker or jar that has been broken off around the foot ring. The foot ring has been kept intact aside from some minor damage and a hole has been drilled through the centre of the base. Dimensions: diameter: 43.44mm; thickness: 11.46mm; weight: 23.87g Holes were drilled through the bases of broken pottery in antiquity frequently to reuse the fragment as a weight for a …
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-04EC37
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken half of a Roman pottery spindle whorl or counter. It has a coarse, sandy fabric and a generally dark grey colour. It features incised concentric decoration - a median circle, a circle around the central hole (Dia.: c. 8.15mm), and a possible further circle towards the circumference. The artefact was reworked into its current fuction from a ceramic vessel. There is a circular indentation on the upper surface towards the break.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Headbourne Worthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4776
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Recycled roman pottery sherd, decorated with fine impressed lines.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bourne area', grid reference and parish protected.