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Description: | A cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date. It has two flat faces of unequal size, and sloping sides so it is trapezoidal in section, or a truncated cone. There is a circular perforation for the spindle that is somewhat off centre. There is no decoration. The whorl is 23.8mm in diameter and 6.2mm thick. It weighs 13.78gm.Similar whorls are illustrated in Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, 2007, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, page 175, numbers 2175 and 2189. It is probably Medieval in date.
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