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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy rowel spur of possible seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). One "side" and its terminal are missing. The other "side" has a break near the terminal which is missing. The rowel is also missing. Length of the surviving part, 57mm. Weight 19.92g. This example lacks a positive crest. The side is generally D-shaped in cross-section. However, the inner face of the side is slightly convex and it diminishes in depth from the crest position towards the break near the terminal. At the crest the depth is 10.5mm and at the break the depth is about 6mm. At the crest position the side is 4.5mm thick and near the break the thickness is 2mm. The neck is plain and is about 14mm in length. The rowel box, 12mm in length, curves gently downwards and terminates with a swelling on each outer face to accommodate the perforations for the rowel bar. In cross-section both sides of the rowel box are D-shaped in cross-section and flat on the inner faces. Fragments of the iron bar on which the rowel revolved survive within the perforations. The breaks on the sides are old. The spur, although incomplete, is in fair condition, and has a patchy light green patina.
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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