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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LVPL-DC48E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.94 mm
Weight: 34.9 g
Diameter: 27.81 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Whitford (Community)
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