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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-766467
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast cylindrical whorl with a moulded aperture of diameter 6mm, Walton Rogers form B; patinated. The small spindle size would make an Anglo-Saxon date possible, though the cylindrical form is more usually associated with Anglo-Scandinavian contexts. The mass would permit this to be used to spin a yarn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-1000.
Diameter: 20.0mm, Thickness: 7.1mm, Weight: 19.58gms.
Class: Walton Rogers form B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 19.58 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th July 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33055
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Little Cawthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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