SPUR

An incomplete cast copper-alloy object of uncertain form or date. One terminal end survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The terminal is flat, trefoil/trifoliate in form with two unevenly positioned circular apertures, one of which contains corrosive iron products. At the base of the terminal is a moulded transverse ridge followed by the start of a rectangular shaft that is sub-oval shaped in section and terminates in old breaks just beyond the ridge. The entire object has a dark green patina and measures 25.58mm in length, 18.21mm in width, 6.13mm in thickness and 6.27g in weight.

The precise function of this object remains uncertain. It is possibly a terminal end from a decorative mount, or perhaps a strap fitting or even a stirrup/spur terminal. Its precise date is uncertain and it could belong to any period from the Roman period onwards, although if it is indeed a terminal from a spur then a later, Post-Medieval date seems most likely.