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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-6A1BE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with a tapered moulded central aperture of diameter 9.5-10.3mm diameter and a flattened band around its upper edge, probably Walton Rogers form A1. Patinated. The aperture size tends to point to an Anglo-Scandinavian date, while the mass would permit the whorl to have been used to spin a yarn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.
Diameter: 24.3mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 21.46gms
Class: Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 21.46 g
Diameter: 24.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35348
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Springthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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