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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: SWYOR-ABE808
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A crudely cast, lead spindle whorl of probable Medieval date. It is conical, the top of the cone being truncated. There is a circular perforation, somewhat off-centre. There is no decoration. The whorl is 28.5mm in diameter and 11mm high. It weighs 37.54gm. This shape is not listed among examples from Coppergate or from Roman sites according to Walton Rogers (2007), so a Medieval date is suggested, but spindle whorls are very difficult to date as few are found in secure dated contexts. It is possibly most similar to Walton Rogers form A1, which may indicate an Early Medieval date.
Class: Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 11 mm
Weight: 37.54 g
Diameter: 28.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th November 2011 - Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1735
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Aston cum Aughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4986
Four figure Latitude: 53.368602
Four figure longitude: -1.265052
1:25K map: SK4986
1:10K map: SK48NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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