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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: SOM-BF6EC7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead spindle whorl or possibly weight. It has a slightly domed top and flat base with a tapering circular hole running through it, slightly off centre. It is 27.1mm in diameter, 7.5mm thick and weights 27.07g, the hole is 9.7mm in diameter at the base, 7.3mm at the top. 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
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 27.07 g
Diameter: 27.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 020823
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Edington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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