Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-750DDA
Object type certainty: Certain
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A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post medieval date. The object is oval in plan and slightly conical. In the centre of the object the perforation has an internal diameter of 9mm. Each face is undecorated. The object has a light brown patina.
Dimensions: 29mm in length, 28mm in width, 5mm thick, 22.60g.
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 action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 22.6 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Saturday 21st October 2017
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Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SJ5993
Four figure Latitude: 53.43217964
Four figure longitude: -2.61856515
1:25K map: SJ5993
1:10K map: SJ59SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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