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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: KENT3322
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
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Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th February 2001
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Gravesham (District)
To be known as: KENT HIGHAM
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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