Description

Summary: Small conical shaped spindle whorl made from fine grained limestone, found in the churchyard at Bishops Cannings in 1891. The whole surface of the object is lightly incised with a series of signs representing Alpha and Omega, repeated over and over again, inverted, reveresed, sideways and in monogram. These cabalistic signs were probably intended as a charm against evil, especially sickness. The spindle whorl probably dates to the Christian Saxon period of the 8th or 9th century AD.