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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: WMID4642
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The spindle whorl is slightly biconical in cross section, but appears at first glance to be conical, except the base is tapered slightly in profile. The surface of the base is slightly concave. In the centre is a vertical circular hole which is 8.49mm diametre. The whorl is circular in plan with a smooth surface, except for two cracks/indentations. The whorl is made of a fine grained, laminated silty mudstone.
Notes:
M13 - This mudstone occurs in the Upper Carboniferous, Persian and Triassic of central England/West Midlands.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1540
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 15.25 mm
Diameter: 35.84 mm
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
District: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hayley Green and Cradley South (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9583
Four figure Latitude: 52.44494031
Four figure longitude: -2.07498931
1:25K map: SO9583
1:10K map: SO98SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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