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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: NLM-C8BDC2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead spindle whorl, Cast biconvex whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 11mm. Moulded decoration comprises thin radial ribs defining compartments, each occupied by three pellets which, unusually, are here so prominent as to approach hemispherical forms; Walton Rogers form C2. The same scheme appears on both sides. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600
Diameter: 26.7mm, Thickness: 15.9mm, Weight: 41.94gms
Class: Walton Rogers form C2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 15.9 mm
Weight: 41.94 g
Diameter: 26.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th September 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43614
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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