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Finds From Wirral – Spindle Whorl
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This is a rather beautiful lead spindle whorl which would have been used for spinning thread.<\/p>\n

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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 below photos is made up of three smaller twisted pieces of thread<\/div>\n
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The whorl has been dated from AD1200-AD1500 but it could have been used for many years and the thread is from a much later date.<\/div>\n
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The thread has been carefully kept so that hopefully in the future we can subject it for scientific testing to see exactly how old it is.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This example still has the rivets in.","rel":"","context":"In "Finds"","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-390396.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-390396.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-390396.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-390396.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-390396.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-390396.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2194,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/pair-of-lead-weights\/","url_meta":{"origin":2360,"position":5},"title":"Pair of lead weights","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"24\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds From Wirral -\u00a0Pair of lead weights This is a pair of lead weights. The one on the left has a distinctive shape and has a trace of a steel rod through the centre. This would originally had a hook but this has corroded away. 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