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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy rowel spur of Post-Medieval date. Only part of the arms and rowel box now survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.The arms are D-shaped, rectangular and taper from the thicker centre of the object towards the missing terminals. At the centre of the outer face is the remains of an integrally cast rowel box. This has an oval sectioned neck. At the terminal of the neck is a central rectangular slot with the remains of an oval terminal knop with a central circular aperture, where the now missing rowel would have been positioned.This spur measure 37.26mm in length, 57.23mm in length (including rowel box), 12.49mm in width, 5.15mm in thickness (at the arm), 23.72g in weight. The rowel box is 23.64mm in length and 6.20mm in diameter.There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (SF-812654), (SF-E8858). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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