Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: LVPL-982363
Object type certainty: Certain
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A lead spindle-whorl of Medieval date. It is a circular spindle whorl with a central circular hole and no decoration. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1100-1500
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.98 mm
Weight: 29.9 g
Diameter: 27.15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2015 - Saturday 28th February 2015
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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