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WEIGHT
Unique ID: KENT-7B630D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl or weight probably dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval periods, c. AD 1500-1800. It has a domed shape with a flat base. There is a sub-circular hole running through it, slightly off centre which has an internal diameter of 8.3 mm. Plain spindle whorls and weights are found in contexts dating from the Roman period through to the Post-Medieval period.
The object is 13.2mm in diamter, 11.1mm high and weighs 9.46 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 11.1 mm
Weight: 9.46 g
Diameter: 13.2 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Swingfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2243
Four figure Latitude: 51.14319859
Four figure longitude: 1.17241352
1:25K map: TR2243
1:10K map: TR24SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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