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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: DUR-1A1A62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date c. AD1200-1800.
The object is circular in plan and flat in cross-section. The central circular perforation is large at 11.14mm diameter. One side of the object is plain whilst the other has five small, irregular perforations of varying depth and diameter placed centrally on the face. There is also a cut/damage of 5.21mm from the central aperture. The surfaces are light cream to light grey in colour and are worn and slightly abraded.
Spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the medieval period c.1100-1500. Similar objects can be found on the database at WMID-16218E and SOM-A97424.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.05 mm
Weight: 44.6 g
Diameter: 33.69 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th March 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barforth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1616
Four figure Latitude: 54.53901704
Four figure longitude: -1.75422389
1:25K map: NZ1616
1:10K map: NZ11NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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