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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: KENT-10C251
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead spindle whorl of possible Early Medieval to post-Medieval date.
Description: The spindle whorl is circular in plan and D-shaped in cross section. The central suspension hole is 10.2mm in diameter. The whorl and is an off grey-white colour.
Measurements: 30.85mm in diameter, 9.62mm thick and 41.83g in weight
Discussion: Walton Rogers (in the Flixborough volume and York Fasicules) classifies spindle whorls with D-shaped cross-sections as class A1 and dates them to c. AD500-1000. The central hole is over 10mm which would suggest a date later Saxon. It should be noted that whorls are very variable and the Flixborough publication's typology is very much focused on the North and east of the country.
Class: 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 750
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.62 mm
Weight: 41.83 g
Diameter: 30.85 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tonbridge and Malling (District)
Parish or ward: Hadlow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ6249
Four figure Latitude: 51.21722024
Four figure longitude: 0.31822528
1:25K map: TQ6249
1:10K map: TQ64NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans, D.H. and Loveluck, C. | 2009 | Life and Economy at Early Medieval Flixborough, c. AD 600-1000: The Artefact Evidence | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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