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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-55CB77
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast whorl with flat faces of different sizes and a central moulded aperture of diameter 8mm, Walton Rogers form A2. Patinated. The aperture size would admit a Middle Saxon date for this object. The mass would permit it to be used to spin a fine yarn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850.
Diameter: 17.0mm, Thickness: 7.9mm, Weight: 17.66gms
Class: Walton Rogers form A2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 17.66 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36248
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Luddington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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