File:Neolithic to Post Medieval, Spindle whorl (FindID 225248).jpg

English: Ground stone spindle whorl of probable later prehistoric to later post medieval date (3000 BC – 1500 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, it measures 25.4mm diameter, and is 9.8mm thick. There is a regular slightly hour glass shaped pierced hole through the whorl and this is set slightly off centre. The shape of this hole would suggest that it has been achieved by drilling from each side. The hole measures 4.4mm in diameter. The whorl weighs 9.26 grams. The whorl is undecorated and the edges are worn and slightly abraded. The outer edge is slightly bevelled, although this is not uniform around the length of the artefact. It is made from a course grained sedimentary stone (sandstone / gritstone probably from a local Devonian source). The whorl is a mid grey brown colour. Spindle whorls are used for a long period of time and as such are very difficult to date precisely without other evidence (such as pottery).The hour glass shape of the pierced hole would, in my opinion, indicate an earlier, possibly prehistoric, date.