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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-9623E0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl, Walton Rogers form A1, with a central moulded aperture of diameter 7.5mm; heavily patinated overall. The mass would permit this to be used to spin a yarn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 410-850.
Diameter: 22.9mm, Thickness: 8.2mm, Weight: 20.04gms.
Class: Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 410
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 20.04 g
Diameter: 22.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26331a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: East Ravendale
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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