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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LEIC-45BDA0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead spindle whorl, 30mm in diameter and 10mm wide. This is circular on form and bi-conical in cross section. It is decorated on both faces with raised lines and dots. It has been mis cast, its hollow and has a large patch of leaked lead attached to it.
| The whorl fits Walton Rogers Form C which she dates to 1100-1500AD |
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10 mm
Diameter: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th January 2004
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
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