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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: YORYM-2211B0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation running through it. Both sides of the spindle whorl are decorated with irregularly spaced and angled radiating raised lines creating sub-trapezoidal cells within each of which are raised pellets.
The metal is a mid whitish-grey colour and is worn. The spindle whorl is 36.4mm in diameter, 10.7mm thick and weighs 46g.
Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10.7 mm
Weight: 46 g
Diameter: 36.4 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Skelton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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