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SPUR
Unique ID: SWYOR-AC6924
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy probable spur attachment hook with a rounded lozenge shaped bosy and hooks projecting from each end, curling in opposite directions. This S shape suggests that it was probably used as a hook attachment for spur leathers. There is no evidence of any rivets so it could not have been used as a mount, though it could also be an extremely distorted finger ring.
One hook is apparently complete. The other seems trunctaed and is also bent flata nd doubled back on itself. This is probably post-depositional damage. The hook has a smooth green patina and is 26.8mm long, 11.82mm wide and 9mm thick. 1.73g.
Ellis in Clark (2004) illustrates similar examples on page 140 and page 148, Fig.106, which were found in 14th-century contexts, but typologically date from the 13th to the 16th century. Compare CORN-C05372 which cites Read (2001) as illustrating a similar example on page 65, Fig.41, No.503, which is dated from the 13th to the 16th century.
Class: hook
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.8 mm
Width: 11.82 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 1.73 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014 - Tuesday 5th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2230
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wetwang (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9059
Four figure Latitude: 54.01916734
Four figure longitude: -0.62785234
1:25K map: SE9059
1:10K map: SE95NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark, J. | 1995 | The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150 - c.1450 | London | HMSO | 140-148 |
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