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Unique ID: LVPL-12E4D2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy possible weight or unfinished spindle whorl dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period. The object is circular in plan and oval in cross-section. The surface of the object is uneven and worn. There is a shallow depression on the top of the object.
Numerous spindle whorls, lead waste and an unfinished spindle whorl have been found in the same field adding to the possibility that it is an unfinished spindle whorl.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 44.9 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Huxley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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