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SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: GLO-3F87C4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Lead flat spindle whorl, this has a voided cross on one side with a large hole in the centre (20mm diameter, height 5mm, weight 11.7g). Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period to the Post Medieval Period and are hard to date precisely.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 5 mm
Weight: 11.7 g
Diameter: 20 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2012 - Saturday 1st December 2012

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 6140

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Portbury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST4875
Four figure Latitude: 51.471562
Four figure longitude: -2.75005
1:25K map: ST4875
1:10K map: ST47NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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