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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-486F6C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 10.2mm and with a flattened circumferential rim of width 4mm around its upper edge, cf. Walton Rogers form A1. Patinated. The spindle hole size could admit an Anglo-Scandinavian date. A light nick across the flat upper surface on one side of the hole might be a tying notch. Abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000
Diameter: 32.4mm, Thickness: 9.7mm, Weight: 48.33gms
Class: cf. Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.7 mm
Weight: 48.33 g
Diameter: 32.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43052
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barnoldby le Beck
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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