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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy twelve pronged rowel, from a spur, of Medieval dating (AD 1200 to AD 1500).The spur rowel has been distorted through soil pressure and movement whilst within the plough soil. The rowel is flat, and consists of twelve oval sectioned projections, arranged around a central circular perforation. This hole has an internal diameter of 3.31 mm.The rowel measures 36.44 mm in length, 39.38 mm wide and 5.37 mm thick. It weighs 15.3 g.The rowel is a mid brown to green colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail.Rowel spurs came into use from the Late 13th century onwards until around the 16th Century. No typology has yet been properly developed to classify the different rowels and the dates, although Read (1995, 90) suggests that the multi point rowels such as this example became more popular after c.1350 AD.Reference:Read, B. 1995. History Beneath our feet. Ipswich. Anglia Publishing.
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