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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-EA275D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. A cast whorl of plano-convex section with a central moulded aperture of diameter 6.9mm, cf. Walton Rogers form A1; patinated. Traces of equidistantly spaced radial ribs appear on the convex surface, along with a single neatly incised line. The mass may suggest a primary function spinning a yarn, while the small aperture size may point to an Anglo-Saxon date. Against this, the appearance of radial decoration is a feature more usually associated with larger biconical whorls of the early post-medieval period, and those 'one sided' versions cast from them as copies. Suggested date: probably Early Medieval, 700-850.
Diameter: 21.4mm, Thickness: 6.9mm, Weight: 15.47gms
Class: Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 15.47 g
Diameter: 21.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38720
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Low Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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