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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: HESH-2DADF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The spindle whorl is undecorated. The spindle whorl is of a mid-light grey white colour with an abraded patina which covers all surfaces. The whorl has been abraded and rolled in the plough soil. The edges of the whorl have also been damaged and this has resulted in it becoming irregular in plan. The majority of the whorl is covered by a light white powdery corrosion product. Spindle whorls are used for a long period of time and as such are very difficult to date precisely without other evidence (such as pottery). As this example is small it might also have been used as a weight either in the textile loom or as a fishing net weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1
Date to: AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Diameter: 19.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th October 2005
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Shrewsbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ4710
Four figure Latitude: 52.685086
Four figure longitude: -2.785471
1:25K map: SJ4710
1:10K map: SJ41SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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