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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-E34D88
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible spindle whorl. Cast conical whorl or weight with one larger and one smaller flat side and moulded tapered aperture of maximum diameter 6.3mm whose rectangular shape on the narrower side may suggest the use of a hand made nail as a former. There are broad vertical flutes around about half the circumference. Patinated overall. The form compares with Walton Rogers form A2, and the aperture size would be apt to a light spindle of Anglo-Saxon type. Its mass would permit use for spinning a fine yarn. An alternative use as a weight might also be entertained. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850.
Diameter: 14.3mm, Thickness: 10.2mm, Weight: 9.36gms
Class: cf. Walton Rogers form A2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 9.36 g
Diameter: 14.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31971
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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