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Description: | Part of one side of a cast copper alloy spur with a figure of eight terminal and linked leather attachment. The side fragment is 28.1mm long and D shaped in section with an old break at one end. The side meets the terminal between the two loops of the figure of eight which sits are right angles to the arm. The terminal is 13.1mm wide. From one loop dangles an attachment used to fasten leather straps to the spur. The attachment is made from one piece of copper alloy sheet. A strip has been folded over to form the attachment loop at the top, below this strip are lobed knops to either side and below this it widens into a pointed oval with a central rivet hole. This attachment is 22.2mm long and 7.1mm wide. The entire item weighs 6.16 grams.Small spur fragments are difficult to date precisely and this may be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1700 AD).
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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