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Description: | Part of a copper alloy rowel spur dating from the Post-Medieval period, probably AD 1600 - 1650. The remaining portion consists of part of the angled neck and the rowel box. The neck is lozenge shaped in cross section and retains traces of gilding. At the end where it would connect to the sides is a patinated break. The neck curves upwards and then changes angle sharply (less than 90 degrees), downwards again. At the change of angle, projecting from the upper surface, is a wide loop or hook which is rolled towards the rowel to form a D shaped loop. The rowel bos has scalloped edges and an iron bar. The copper alloy rowel has lot all its goads. but probably had six. The rowel box could accommodate a rowel of about 35mm radius. The spur has a rough, light green patina. It is 60.3mm long, 31.8mm wide and 13.4mm thick. It weighs 32.78gm. A similar example is FAKL-88BAB6 which cites Ellis, B, 'the spur' in E.Russell, ed. Excavations on the site of the deserted Medieval village of Kettleby Thorpe, Lincolnshire, Journal of the Scunthorpe Museum Society, Series 3, (Archaeology) No. 2, 1974, 34, and suggests a date around AD 1630.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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