Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-8A8512
Object type certainty: Possibly
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A lead possible spindle whorl, possibly dating from the Iron Age or Roman period, about 400 BC - AD 410. It is of Walton Rogers form B1, discoidal and very thin - most spindle whorls are thicker. The central perforation is 5mm. Walton Rogers suggests the this size of hole can indicate an Iron Age or Roman date and Walton Rogers form B1 is thought to have been used from the Iron Age onwards. Height 3.1mm; diameter external 27.1mm; diameter internal 5.0mm; weight 12.34g. It has a white patina. See Alberti (2017) Roman Finds Group Datasheet 7; Spindle Whorls.
The object is so thin that it could alternatively have been used as a washer or similar.
Class: Walton Rogers form B1
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa AD 410
Quantity: 1
Height: 3.1 mm
Weight: 12.34 g
Diameter: 27.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th January 2019 - Monday 14th January 2019
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Other reference: Pas reference number 3422: finders ref 263
4 Figure: SE4075
Four figure Latitude: 54.16924489
Four figure longitude: -1.38879788
1:25K map: SE4075
1:10K map: SE47NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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