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SPUR
Unique ID: NLM-17D1FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and iron spur fragment. Cast figure-of-eight terminal to a light spur with sides of lentoid section. A stout iron rivet is retained in each of the attachment holes. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Length: 32.9mm, Width: 15.1mm, Thickness (at terminal clear of rivets): 2.9mm, Weight: 4.40gms.
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.9 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26277a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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