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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-770549
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead probable spindle whorl. A very distressed annular object with a central aperture of diameter c.10mm; probably a biconvex whorl which has been either miscast or, more likely, melted. Encrusted and patinated. A biconvex form and, to the eye of faith, the ghost of pelleted decoration on one side, point to an affinity with early post-medieval whorls of biconvex form. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Diameter: 33.3mm, Thickness: 8.2mm, Weight: 33.43gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 33.43 g
Diameter: 33.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38195
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ulceby Cross
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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