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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-22ABF4
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible spindle whorl fragment. Segment of a cast flat sided cylindrical whorl with a moulded central aperture of diameter c.10mm, possibly Walton Rogers form B. The object is either encrusted or more probably part melted and corroded thereafter. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.
Diameter: 34mm, Thickness: 9.0mm, Weight: 28.21gms.
Class: possibly Walton Rogers form B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 28.21 g
Diameter: 34 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26797a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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