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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: DUR-A73DB6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead spindle whorl dating to the Post Medieval period. The spindle whorl is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. It is convex and one side is decorated with raised dots and lines. The other side is decorated with V shaped lines stemming from the centre of the object out to the perimeter. There are a series of these V shapes, one inside the other. The metal is grey in colour and the object weighs 26.1g and measures 29.02mm in diameter and 8.98mm in thickness.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to the Scheme for educational use
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.98 mm
Weight: 29.02 g
Diameter: 26.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
Parish or ward: Catterick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2496
Four figure Latitude: 54.35897
Four figure longitude: -1.6322
1:25K map: SE2496
1:10K map: SE29NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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