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Description: | A lead alloy spindle whorl of uncertain date. It is 26.8mm in diameter and 7.3mm thick. It weighs 27.35gm. The whorl is very slightly plano convex, but almost discoidal and is undecorated. It is perhaps most similar to Coppergate Form B3, which would suggest an Early Medieval date (c. 6th century), but whorls are particularly difficult to date as few have been found in securely dated contexts. They were used from the Iron Age to c.1650 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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