Spur

Unique ID: NCL-7EFE30

Object type certainty: Certain

A cast copper-alloy rowel spur from a modern date. The spur is a tight C-shape in plan with a long, plain neck that is grooved at the end to allow for a rowel which is missing. The neck does not expand into a rowl box. The sides or the spur are D-shaped in section and terminate in rounded ends, each with a peg portruding from the outward facing side of the terminal.

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Length: 134.03 mm
Width: 75.13 mm
Thickness: 7.22 mm
Weight: 91.7 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North East
County: Durham
District: Durham
Parish: Kelloe

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NZ3536
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th March 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: Julie Jackson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Thursday 5th June 2008
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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