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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-EE7D7E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl made by copying one half of a biconical whorl in an open mould; with a central moulded hole of diameter 10.5mm. The convex side retains indistinct traces of a moulded medial circumferential rim, another circumferential line round the hole, at a slight remove; and bars which ran between these features to form a series of trapezoid compartments. A stippled appearance to the surface probably arises from use of a sand casting bed. This whorl would probably, and the whorl it was copied from would certainly, be more apt to plying cord than spinning thread. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600
Diameter: 31.5mm, Thickness: 11.2mm, Weight: 46.00gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: 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: 11.2 mm
Weight: 46 g
Diameter: 31.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd June 2023
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM53717
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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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