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SPUR
Unique ID: BERK-234821
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy terminal from a rowel spur arm, of Post Medieval dating (16th to 17th Centuries AD). The fragment consists of a broadly heart shaped terminal, with two circular perforations. Beneath the heart shaped terminal the object narrows beford expanding in two outward points and again with another two towards the base (in the current condition look a little like arms and legs). The spur arm would have extended from this point.
Notes:
These images were taken during a rally in low light ad therefore fall below the usual standards.
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: 20.5 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd December 2013
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - East Challow 22.12.13
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.692
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: East Challow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3887
Four figure Latitude: 51.58058622
Four figure longitude: -1.45299154
1:25K map: SU3887
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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