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Description: | A copper-alloy spur rowel in the shape of a six-pointed star. The arms are hexagonal in cross-section all along their length. There is central circular perforation through the body of the rowel through which the rivet attaching it to the spur would have travelled (Dia.: 4.2mm). The arms are of uneven lengths, though only one appears to be truncated; it may have been that there were two slightly longer arms. The artefact is largely of a dark-grey colour with patches of probable tinning. There are diagonal file marks on the bevelled sides of the arms. Such rowels are undiagnostic and a wide medieval to post-medieval date is therefore offered; similar examples can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 66; refs. 505-507).
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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