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Description: | Medieval to Post Medieval (possibly 17th century) spur fragment: The copper alloy spur, which has been cast is fragmentary, only the heel and rowel protrusion remains, the arms are broken, but not recently as the patina covers these terminals. The arms have a slender asymmetrical pointed oval section, and in plan the arms form an asymmetrical C-shape. Integral to the exterior edge, there is a protrusion which originally held the rowel. The protrusion has concave sides, is oval in section, and is undecorated. The terminal of the protrusion is divided into two with a slot in between. One arm was broken recently, the other not recently based on the break. The recent break reveals a shiny light grey surface, and the surface of the spur is a mottled mid green and mid grey colour. It measures 38.32mm long from the terminal arm to the terminal of the rowel element, and is 39.24mm wide from each broken arm. It weighs 17.79g.The spur is probably Post Medieval to Modern (17th to 19th century), based on the style and the possibly heavily leaded or tinned copper alloy.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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