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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LEIC-BAC884
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 27.5 mm in diameter, 14mm thick and weighing 51.22grams. The object is by conical in form and circular in cross section. The whorl has a wide flat ridge running around its edge and is un-decorated. It conforms to Walton Rogers form C, dating it from 1100-1500.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 51.22 g
Diameter: 27.5 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7217
Four figure Latitude: 52.74583659
Four figure longitude: -0.93484752
1:25K map: SK7217
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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