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SPUR
Unique ID: SF-040430
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spur of Post-Medieval date. Part of the arm and terminal survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The arm is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face. It tapers slightly towards the integral, which is figure of eight in form, the arm joining one end of the terminal. The terminal lop has extensive iron corrosion and encrustation. The entire fragment measures 33.46mm in length, 14.45mm in width/height, 3.25mm in thickness, and 3.57g in weight. This spur is of Post-Medieval date, c.16th-17th centuries AD.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.46 mm
Width: 14.45 mm
Thickness: 3.25 mm
Weight: 3.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref.: 210311: 60
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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