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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: KENT-327698
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, Age uncertain, cast, lead alloy, spindle whorl. The spindle whorl is roughly circular, plain, conical shape with tapering sides and relatively large, roughly central hole for a wooden spindle used by hand to spin the raw material i.e. wool from the fleece into yarn - later to make cloth. The spindle whorl is pale grey almost white coloured surface with a few blue and red corrosive spots on the slightly irregular surface. There are a number of small dents and scratches sustained by agricultural activites i.e. ploughing. This spindle whorl could date from the Roman to Post Medieval period. Ref. Detector Finds 6, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2008, page 71-88 fig. C15.47a & b. The spindle whorl is 25.24mm long, 23.17mm wide, 9.92mm thick, 25.24 in diameter and weighs 24.2g.
Notes:
West Kent Detector Club co-operative effort with West Kent Archaeological Society and Darent Valley Archaeological Project. Ref. SF11 SF005.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
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
Length: 25.24 mm
Width: 23.17 mm
Thickness: 9.92 mm
Weight: 24.2 g
Diameter: 25.24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SF11 SF005
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
To be known as: SEVENOAKS
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. and Payne, G. | 2008 | Detector Finds 6 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 71-88 | Fig. C15.47a & b |
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