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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LVPL1547
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
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Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1540
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2000
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Neston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ3076
Four figure Latitude: 53.27634
Four figure longitude: -3.051218
1:25K map: SJ3076
1:10K map: SJ37NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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