File:Late Early Medieval to early post medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, biconical spindle whorl or net weight (FindID 890080).jpg
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[edit]Late Early Medieval to early post medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, biconical spindle whorl or net weight | |||
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Stuart Noon, 2018-02-20 12:18:37 |
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Late Early Medieval to early post medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, biconical spindle whorl or net weight |
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Description |
English: Late Early Medieval to early post medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, biconical weight. Probably a spindle whorl or net weight. The abraded decoration consists of crude rays with raised dots between them on one side and on the other side there is no visible decoration.
In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, p66) points out that: "The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle-whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." She adds that spindle whorls should ideally be circular and must have a central perforation (ibid.). It is possible, therefore, that this lead weight is a spindle whorl. At the Austin Friary in Leicester (see Mellor and Pearce, 1981), a decorated whorl was found, still on its spindle, in a 13th to 15th century context. However, Geake (ibid.) states: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the Medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 - c1450", 255-261; and Biddle, 1990, "Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester"), and for perhaps a century longer in Norfolk (Margeson, 1993, "Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971 - 78",184-5)." She adds that, in Cottam in East Yorkshire, detectorists found decorated whorls in ploughsoil over the site of Roman buildings (Geake, ibid.). Without further context, is it not possible to closely date this lead weight. It could date to anytime between c1000 and c1600 AD. The diameter is 25mm, perforation diameter is 10mm, and the weight 27.62g. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) North Yorkshire | ||
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between 1000 and 1600 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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FindID: 890080 Old ref: LANCUM-C1201A Filename: LANCUMC1201A.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1002529 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1002529/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/890080 |
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