Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-20BDCF
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with a moulded central aperture of diameter 9mm, Walton Rogers form A1. Patinated. The spindle size is at the upper end of the range associated with Early to Middle Saxon whorls, while the mass would permit this to have been used to spin a fine yarn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850
Diameter: 21.3mm, Thickness: 9.1mm, Weight: 21.29gms
Class: Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 21.29 g
Diameter: 21.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th December 2016
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Other reference: NLM34893
4 Figure: SE9416
Four figure Latitude: 53.63209492
Four figure longitude: -0.57994815
1:25K map: SE9416
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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