Rights Holder: York Museums Trust
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Unique ID: YORYM-2032CF
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete lead spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The spindle whorl is a flat disc with a central perforation running through it. It is undecorated.
The spindle whorl is 20.97mm in diameter, 4.89mm thick and weighs 12.22g. The perforation is 5.5mm in diameter.
Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.89 mm
Weight: 12.22 g
Diameter: 20.97 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Other reference: YMT : E03382
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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