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SPUR
Unique ID: NLM-2F9F49
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy spur fragment. Cast heel of a rowel spur comprising a split rowel box which narrows towards the sockets for the axle (lost), heel and parts of the sides, which are of flattened D section. Bent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Length: 56mm, Width: 51.8mm, Thickness (at heel): 4.1mm, Weight: 12.51gms.
Class: Rowel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56 mm
Width: 51.8 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 12.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26196a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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