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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-C52D45
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast whorl of plano-convex form with a central moulded aperture of diameter 10.2mm, Walton Rogers form A1. Shrinkage lines in the upper surface as cast suggest the object was made in an open mould. Patinated, and distorted by subsequent impact. The ample hole may point to an Anglo-Scandinavian date while the mass suggests a primary function plying cord. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.
Diameter: 29.3mm, Thickness: 12.9mm, Weight: 68.52gms
Notes:
Found by the finder's daughter Marianne
Class: Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 12.9 mm
Weight: 68.52 g
Diameter: 29.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38551
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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