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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: WILT-FCCC23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2003
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winterbourne Stoke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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