1999-07-23 00:00:00 Philip MacDonald pmacdonald 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW11 SPUR Incomplete, cast copper alloy rowel spur. The horizontally straight sides, D-shaped in section, taper from the neck of the spur towards the terminal. One arm is broken halfway along its length, the other is complete but has a damaged terminal. Enough of the terminal remains to suggest that it was originally formed by two rings, set like a figure-of-eight, equally above and below the front of the spur side. The neck is short, starts horizontal and then tapers towards the downward bent rowel box. The back of the spur is decorated with an elongated lozenge motif made up of cast lines. Corrosion visible in the rowel suggests that the rowel pin was made of iron. Seventeenth to early eighteenth century in date. Incomplete, cast copper alloy rowel spur. The horizontally straight sides, D-shaped in section, taper from the neck of the spur towards the terminal. One arm is broken halfway along its length, the other is complete but has a damaged terminal. Enough of the terminal remains to suggest that it was... Spurs of this date and form are usually manufactured from iron tinned with copper alloy; however, other cast copper alloy examples are not unknown. Copper alloy Cast POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL 1700 1825 55 76 Good Fragment 1999-07-23 00:00:00 PEMBROKESHIRE PEMBROKESHIRE POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid SS09NE SS2019 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 PUBLIC Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 1999 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.