File:A lead alloy spindle whorl (FindID 222122).jpg

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A lead alloy spindle whorl
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A lead alloy spindle whorl
Description
English: A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is biconical and has a central circular hole. There are some dents on the sides and faces. It has a diameter of 29.55mm and is 12.12mm thick. The whorl is in good condition with a creamy yellow patina. Both faces are decorated with raised lines and dots. Decorated spindle whorls are very rare finds in excavations, but are often found by metal detectorists. They are usually biconical and are decorated on both faces with raised dots and radiating or zig-zag ribs. They have been found in ploughsoil over the site of Roman buildings, and in an excavated context dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century at an Austin Friary (Geake, 2001). It is thus very difficult to date decorated whorls, and it seems that they could have been in use at any time between the Roman and Late Medieval periods.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 43 and 1500
Accession number
FindID: 222122
Old ref: SWYOR-0E4D66
Filename: PAS 488 spindle whorl.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/178401
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/178401/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/222122
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Object location54° 04′ 46.2″ N, 1° 23′ 04.74″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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