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Description: | A complete cast lead spindle whorl or weight of uncertain date. The object is circular in plan with a plano-convex section, rounded sides and a circular central perforation. The object is undecorated.The metal is a mid brownish-white colour and is worn. The object is 24.6mm in diameter, 14.9mm thick and weighs 46.9g.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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