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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-1C718B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast biconvex or lentoid-shaped whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 5.5mm, and with a flattened circumferential rim. The surface is pitted with small crescentic and triangular impressions, probably teeth marks, and is patinated overall. The small size of spindle hole would permit a Middle Saxon date, and might even point to an association with intense activity of the period reported around Riby Crossroads. The surface marking might point to use as an improvised teething toy in a domestic setting, or to gnawing by other animals or vermin at a quieter time. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850
Diameter: 28mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 37.29gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 37.29 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40514
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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