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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-B151B8
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead probable spindle whorl. Cast cylindrical whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 10.5mm, and of an uneven profile, thicker on one side. The lower side (as moulded in an open mould) bears four small pellets in low relief. Patinated overall. The pellet decoration may tenuously relate this plain piece to the range of early post-medieval biconical whorls. The mass of this example would suggest its primary use would be to ply a cord. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Diameter: 31.9mm, Thickness: 11.8mm, Weight: 60.76gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 11.8 mm
Weight: 60.76 g
Diameter: 31.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25572a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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