NLM4228: Weight.
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Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: NLM4228

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Lead weight, flat and round, central perforation. Any date.

Notes:

Checked following Sophie Catley. Identification changed from 'Weight' to 'Spindle Whorl'. Dating changed from 'Unknown' to 'Early Medieval [late] 950-1100'. Drawing ref. added.

Class: 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: AD 950
Date to: AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.3 mm
Weight: 30.24 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd February 1999

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM1687

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Osbournby

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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