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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: CAMBRIA-C6E493
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A decorated spindle whorl. This record does not have an image and therefore it is impossible to enrich further with more details.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 12 mm
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th November 2004
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Carmarthenshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Carmarthenshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llangathen (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SN5522
Four figure Latitude: 51.877662
Four figure longitude: -4.107866
1:25K map: SN5522
1:10K map: SN52SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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