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SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: NARC-7CEA14

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A lead bi-conical spindlewhorl with raised line and pellet decoration. The decoration is very worn, suggesting a long period of use. This whorl is of a type given a broad medieval date (1066 - 1499) but are likley to be most commonly used in the 14th to 15th centuries.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 48 g
Diameter: 26 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Northampton (District)
Parish or ward: Great Houghton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7959
Four figure Latitude: 52.22355052
Four figure longitude: -0.8449081
1:25K map: SP7959
1:10K map: SP75NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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