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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LVPL-700BB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval date. The object would have been circular in plan when complete with a central circular perforation. One side of the object is missing and it has been stretched out. An even patina suggests that this damage took place during antiquity. Each face of the object is decorated with a series of ring-and-dot decoration consisting of a raised pellet with a moulded circular ring.
Dimensions: 35mm in length, 9mm in width, 8mm thick, 17.95g.
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.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 17.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017 - Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tremeirchion (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ0772
Four figure Latitude: 53.2368567
Four figure longitude: -3.39487048
1:25K map: SJ0772
1:10K map: SJ07SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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