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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: CPAT-D9EB57
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
This is an interesting lead, possibly medieval spindle whorl. In date, it may be from the Roman times to the late medieval. The central boss is bi-conical and decorated with straight ridged lines to each surface. It then has an unusual feature of an attached outer rope decorated ring. The ring is attached to the core of the body by four lugs or stays. It is a deliberate design feature, perhaps to extend the mass with a smaller amount of lead? See CPAT-39D310 for a similar object. The object is now a whitish grey with lead corrosion.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.6 mm
Weight: 15.9 g
Diameter: 26.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th December 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Oswestry Rural (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ2821
Four figure Latitude: 52.781758
Four figure longitude: -3.06891
1:25K map: SJ2821
1:10K map: SJ22SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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