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Description: | A complete cast lead spindle whorl or weight of uncertain date. The object is circular in plan with a rounded top, base and sides and a narrow circular central perforation. The object is undecorated.The metal is a light brownish-white colour and is worn. The object is 22.1mm in diameter, 16.1mm thick and weighs 42.6g.Lead spindle whorls and weights were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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