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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: SWYOR-3379CB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A decorated lead spindle whorl, probably of Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1100 - 1600. It is damaged and distorted. It is flattened bi-conical in form, with a wide median band (Walton Rogers Form C). Both faces have traces of decoration in the form of raised pellets. The central aperture is sub-circular and has a diameter of 8mm. Walton Rogers (in the Flixborough volume and York Fasicules) suggests that biconical whorls date from AD 1100 onwards and cites Ivens et al (1995) that those with dots are Post Medieval. It is oval in shape and is 35.6mm long, 32.3mm wide and 9.4mm thick. it weighs 43.79gm.
Class: Walton Rogers Form C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 32.3 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 43.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2017 - Thursday 8th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3047
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Armthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6105
Four figure Latitude: 53.53811496
Four figure longitude: -1.08105114
1:25K map: SE6105
1:10K map: SE60NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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