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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-5EA8A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast conical whorl with a larger and a smaller flat face and a central moulded aperture of diameter 7.7mm, Walton Rogers form A2. Patinated. The spindle size would admit an Anglo-Saxon date, while the mass may suggest this was used to sp-in a yarn. Opposed cuts next to the hole on the smaller flat face might represent a tying notch, and perhaps a change in function for the object. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850
Diameter: 19.3mm, Thickness: 15.6mm, Weight: 28.08gms
Class: Walton Rogers form A2
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 15.6 mm
Weight: 28.08 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41246
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Wyham cum Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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