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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: SUSS-422954
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead spindle whorl or possibly weight. It has a flat top, a larger, slightly concave, base and tapering sides. there is a large tapering circular hole running through the centre (wider at the base). It is 22.6mm in diameter, 13.9mm tall with a hole 10.2mm in diameter at the base and 8.9mm at the top and weighs 29.81 grams. Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 13.9 mm
Weight: 29.81 g
Diameter: 22.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Chichester district
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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