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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LEIC-2DC9E9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 18mm thick and 30mm in diameter with a weight of 49.43grams. The whorl is circular in form with a central hole, 11mm in diamter, and bi-conical in cross section with wide sloping sides. The surface has no obvious or very worn decoration, but it has a pronounced central ridge.
The whorl fits Walton Rogers form C which she dates to 1100 onwards.
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
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 49.43 g
Diameter: 30 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
To be known as: Melton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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