Find Spot record 16036 - Spindle Whorl from Sandbach

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-E00585 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Cast lead spindle whorl dating from the Roman to the post-medieval period, (43-1700). The object is circular in plan and biconical. The object has a central circular perforation with an internal diameter of 8.50mm. On one face the object is decorated with oval and linear mouldings which radiate out from the central perforation. These are worn and cannot be clearly made out. On the opposite face the object is decorated with two raised pellets. On either side of these pellets are two lozenge shaped mouldings which are made up of four smaller lozenges. The outer circumference is decorated with a moulded ridge. The object has a mid-white patina.

Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the post-medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1066-1500.

<2> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-E00585 (Web Site). SCH5176.