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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-2798BB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 9-10mm, Walton Rogers form A1. Shrinkage lines around the hole on the flat surface suggest the object was cast in an open mould. The spindle size may hint at an Anglo-Scandinavian date, though this object was reported along with a similar example with a smaller, and possibly earlier style of, spindle hole. Patinated. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-1000
Diameter: 28mm, Thickness: 8.9mm, Weight: 22.56gms
Class: Walton Rogers form A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.9 mm
Weight: 22.56 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th August 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43217
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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