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

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.

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.