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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-DD1134
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast biconvex whorl of stepped profile with central moulded aperture of diameter8.4mm. Relief decoration of both sides comprises a raised ring and textured about the aperture, and a prominent circumferential rim. This relates the object to the series of decorated post-medieval whorls. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Diameter: 28.6mm, Thickness: 10.6mm, Weight: 33.29gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 33.29 g
Diameter: 28.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26949a
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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