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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy rowel spur (c. 1600-c.1700).The sides are missing due to a break at the neck. The surviving part of the neck is largely ovoid in shape. It has a length of c. 15.0mm and a maximum diameter of 14.7mm. Where the break has occurred it is circular in cross-section with a diameter of 9.1mm. The rowel box is complete but misshapen and flattened. It has an overall length of 48.5mm and projects slightly beyond the neck. Each arm comprising the box is largely triangular in cross-section, flat on its inner face. The arms are 9.1mm in depth and have a maximum thickness of 4.7mm. Each end of the arm is pierced with a circular hole that accommodated a bar around which the missing rowel could revolve. The bar is missing.This spur fragment is corroded and also has traces of a dark green patina.50.2 x 23.0 x 12.7mm. Weight: 34.36g. A similar and more complete spur has been published and dated to the 17th century (Read 2001: 60. fig. 41, ref: 500). However, this published spur has a neck which is lozenge-shaped in cross-section.
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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