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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: DUR-530013
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 63.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sedgefield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ3529
Four figure Latitude: 54.654887
Four figure longitude: -1.459034
1:25K map: NZ3529
1:10K map: NZ32NE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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