Record ID: LIN-6D7F86 - POST MEDIEVAL spur

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SPUR

Unique ID: LIN-6D7F86

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post-medieval copper alloy spur

An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy spur. Only one arm remains. The arm is rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section terminating with two simple loops. Attached to both loops is a copper-alloy buckle-chape. The chape is flat, oval in plan with a collar and a loop. The centre of each chape contains an iron rivet. For a similar example see Read, 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity', no. 499.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750

Dimensions and weight

Length: 57 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
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: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
To be known as: Gainsborough

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

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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