Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-913E72
Object type certainty: Certain
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A small cast lead, spindle whorl dating from Early Medieval period, about AD 700 - 850. This object is of uneven thickness and the central hole is off centre towards the thinner side of the object. It has one flat face, and one uneven face, but is probably of Walton Rogers form A2. The diameter is 14.6mm, thickness 8.5mm, weight 9g and it has an central perforation with an internal diameter of 6.2mm.
It appears that this is probably a very small spindle whorl of form A2 as described in Walton Rogers (2007). The diameter of the central perforation suggests it may date from the early to Mid Saxon periods.
Class: Walton Rogers form A2
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Weight: 9 g
Diameter: 14.6 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th August 2021 - Saturday 14th August 2021
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Other reference: PAS Form 3707
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SE6105
Four figure Latitude: 53.53811496
Four figure longitude: -1.08105114
1:25K map: SE6105
1:10K map: SE60NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Walton Rogers, P. | 2007 | Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England: AD 450-700 | York | Council for British Archaeology | page 25 | figure 2:18 |