{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Wirral Archaeology","provider_url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages","author_name":"Wirral Archaeology","author_url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/author\/wirral-archaeology\/","title":"Spindle Whorl - Wirral Archaeology","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"p1gP8atIEX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/spindle-whorl-2\/\">Spindle Whorl<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/spindle-whorl-2\/embed\/#?secret=p1gP8atIEX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Spindle Whorl&#8221; &#8212; Wirral Archaeology\" data-secret=\"p1gP8atIEX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spindle1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":800,"description":"Finds From Wirral &#8211; Spindle Whorl This is a rather beautiful lead spindle whorl which would have been used for spinning thread. It has some minimal decoration but the amazing thing was that when the soil was removed from the central hole it was found to contain a small piece of string \/thread. The string \/thread as can be seen from the..."}