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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy spur rowel of probable Post Medieval date (c. AD 1500 ? c. AD 1800). Maximum diameter 32.0mm and maximum thickness, at the centre, 2.8mm. Weight 6.06g.
The rowel is star-shaped. It has seven points, all of the same appearance and each having a length of about 8.0mm. The central part of the rowel is flat. However, the points are slightly convex on each face. A circular hole at the centre is about 3.0mm in diameter and accommodated a bar to enable the rowel to revolve within the rowel box.
The object has a mid-brownish patina although most of the surfaces are covered with a thick layer of light-green copper alloy corrosion products. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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