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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: DUR-62818A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead spindle whorl dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1200 to 1500.
The object is circular in plan with a diameter of 28.20 mm and a hole through the centre. It is biconvex in section. Both faces of the spindle whorl are decorated although in a different manner. One side features raised lines running from the hole to the edge of the object creating cells which each contain three raised pellets. The other side is slightly more complicated with narrower raised lines running from the hole to the edge of the object. In between there is a diagonal line creating small triangular cells each of which contains a single pellet.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.67 mm
Weight: 21.2 g
Diameter: 28.2 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Thwing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0370
Four figure Latitude: 54.11556598
Four figure longitude: -0.42578145
1:25K map: TA0370
1:10K map: TA07SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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