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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LVPL-30FFC4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead-alloy spindle whorl, dating from the medieval period (AD1200-1500). The whorl is made up of a central biconical body with moulded decoration. This is very worn but may originally have been made up of a zig-zag line. Around the centre of the whorl is a projecting ring also with moulded decoration that appears to be in the form of a "rope" or "twisted cord" design. This projecting ring is 3.4mm thick. The central perforation has an internal diameter of 9.8mm.
Diameter: 23.4mm; thickness: 11.2mm; weight: 16.8g
Notes:
Spindle whorls are difficult to date precisely out of their original context, since they were used through most historical and archaeological periods. Although decorated examples are known of from Medieval and Post Medieval periods.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 11.2 mm
Weight: 16.8 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd March 2016 - Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0386
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Llanasa
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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