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SPUR
Unique ID: SUR-2C7D69
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a spur of 16th or 17th century date. The fragment comprises one side and an offset figure-of-eight-shaped attachment terminal. The spur is undecorated.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.42 mm
Weight: 4.66 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B14-423
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Cholsey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6186
Four figure Latitude: 51.56958062
Four figure longitude: -1.12127055
1:25K map: SU6186
1:10K map: SU68NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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