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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: WMID-AD4221
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead spindle whorl dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1100-1500). The object is circular in plan and roughly D-shaped in cross section. One face has been decorated with a series of eight raised pellets arranged around the central perforation. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The object has a greyish-white patina.
Similar objects recorded on the PAS database include: LEIC-2A2AAB and DENO-768D34.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 28.98mm in diameter, 9.95mm in thickness and 31.88g in weight.
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: 9.95 mm
Weight: 31.88 g
Diameter: 28.98 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Welshampton and Lyneal (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ4433
Four figure Latitude: 52.89151955
Four figure longitude: -2.83378953
1:25K map: SJ4433
1:10K map: SJ43SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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