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A Lead medieval spindle whorl
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Durham County Council, Lauren Proctor, 2013-01-08 15:18:33
Title
A Lead medieval spindle whorl
Description
English: A complete cast lead spindle whorl dating to the medieval period, c. 1200-1500.

The object is biconical in shape with a central perforation. Both faces are decorated with line radiating from the perforation to the outer edge. Within each section defined by the lines, there are between two and four dots arranged in a geometric design.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 538022
Old ref: DUR-C38951
Filename: DUR-C38951 medieval spindle whorl.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/410745
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/410745/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/538022
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 19 November 2020)
Object location54° 31′ 10.56″ N, 1° 45′ 19.22″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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