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SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: NARC-4EAFB8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A lead spindle whorl dating to the Late Medieval period. One side of the spindle whorl is bioconical and decorated with raised dots alternating with transverse lines. The other side of the spindle whorl has small blundered lettering around the outer edge, and raised dots around the inner edge. There is a circular central perforation. The metal is dark grey. The object weighs 49.19g, measures 30mmin diameter and is 13mm thick. For a parallel see Griffiths, D., Philpott. and Egan, G., (2007). Meols. The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast Oxford : Oxford University School of Archaeology, 174.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 49.19 g
Diameter: 30 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Wellingborough (District)
Parish or ward: Sywell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8267
Four figure Latitude: 52.295019
Four figure longitude: -0.79906
1:25K map: SP8267
1:10K map: SP86NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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