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LEIC-9681FD: early medieval to medieval lead alloy spindle whorl

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SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: LEIC-9681FD

Object type certainty: Certain
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Early Medieval to Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 25mm long, 23mm wide and 7mm thick and weighing 28.3g.

The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section and is undecorated. It has a central circular hole, 9mm in diameter It matches Walton Rogers form B.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 28.3 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Uppingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8598
Four figure Latitude: 52.57318863
Four figure longitude: -0.7472063
1:25K map: SP8598
1:10K map: SP89NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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