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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: LEIC-C231FB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 8mm thick and 32mm in diameter with a weight of 47.04grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section, with crude angular stamped decoration on one face and a slight depression in the other face. The internal hole is 11mm in diameter. The whorl conforms to Walton Rogers form B.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 47.04 g
Diameter: 32 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Hoby with Rotherby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6617
Four figure Latitude: 52.74660117
Four figure longitude: -1.02371545
1:25K map: SK6617
1:10K map: SK61NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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