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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: SWYOR-BF24B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman spindle whorl possibly made from a base sherd of a grey ware vessel or from polished stone. The diameter of the spindle whorl is 36.57mm, the diameter of the hole is 7.79mm and the thickness is 5.49mm. Similar parallels were discovered during excavations at Beadlam villa, Yorkshire (Neal 1996, 50 nos. 49-50 fig. 34).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.49 mm
Diameter: 36.57 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2005 - Friday 1st July 2005
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Barton-under-Needwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1818
Four figure Latitude: 52.75931021
Four figure longitude: -1.73471313
1:25K map: SK1818
1:10K map: SK11NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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Find number: SWYOR-877ED4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broadperiod: ROMAN
An incomplete Roman spindle whorl probably made from a base sherd of a greyware vessel. The diameter of the spindle whorl is 35mm, the diamet…
Workflow: Published
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