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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: SWYOR-ACBBA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl of unknown date. It is circular and flat (discoidal), without any decoration, and has a central, circular hole of 8mm diameter. It is 25.4mm in diameter and 7.3mm thick. It weighs 29.06gm. The metal is patiated to a white colour, with a recent gash showing as unpatinated grey metal.
Flat discoidal whorls were used from the Iron Age through the Early Medieval period, and probably later too (Walton Rogers 2007). It is an example of a Coppergate Type B1 whorl.
Class: Coppergate Type B1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.3 mm
Weight: 29.06 g
Diameter: 25.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 26th November 2013 - Tuesday 26th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2315
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Cawood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5637
Four figure Latitude: 53.82625944
Four figure longitude: -1.15072123
1:25K map: SE5637
1:10K map: SE53NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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