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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM4778
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Anglo-Saxon pottery spindle whorl, biconical with central band.
Notes:
Checked by Sophie Catley 18/8/2016.
Record conforms to index card.
Card ID added as other reference below.
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 410
Date to: AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 21.5 mm
Weight: 46.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st July 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM2356
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Bourne area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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