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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-B4EFEA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with one larger and one smaller flat face and a near-central moulded tapering aperture of diameter 8mm, Walton Rogers form A2. Patinated overall. The surface gives the impression of light fluting, albeit worn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850. The mass would permit this to spin a yarn.
Diameter: 19.8mm, Thickness: 9.1mm, Weight: 15.21gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 15.21 g
Diameter: 19.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26902a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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