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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LVPL-ABD502
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl dating to the Medieval period, (AD1066-1500). The object is circular in plan and biconical with a large central circular perforation. The internal perforation measures 8.88mm in diameter. One face of the object is decorated with moulded lines which radiate out from the perforation. Between each line is a single pellet. A circle of pellets border the rim of the perforation. On the opposite face one edge of the perforation has been damaged, possibly due to the plough. This face is decorated with moulded ridges in a star pattern between the angles of which are pellets. It has a dark white patina.
Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1100-1500.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10.02 mm
Weight: 31.1 g
Diameter: 28.76 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brereton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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