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SPUR
Unique ID: LIN-943CBE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy spur of probable Post-Medieval date (1600-1700).
The arms are D-shaped, almost triangular, in cross-section and taper slightly from the apex of the spur to broken straight ends. The fittings at the end of the arms are missing. The neck of the spur is formed at the midpoint of the spur. It is initially rectangular in form which then widens and gently curves. About 18.67 mm along the neck is a triangular groove with a corroded iron stain on the top and reverse of the groove, perhaps the remains of a rowel. The spur has an even mid-red-brown patina with occasional green patches across its entire surface.
The fragment is 68.49 mm long, 58.82 mm wide and weighs 25.98g
Spurs are relatively common in the 17th Century when fashion dictated they were worn as an article of dress rather than for just riding ((Ellis 1993, 165; Jope 1956, 35-42). Similar post-medieval examples have been excavated from Beeston Castle, Cheshire (Ellis 1993: figs. 113-114).
References cited
Ellis, P. ed., 2013. Beeston Castle, Cheshire: Excavations by Laurence Keen & Peter Hough, 1968-85 (No. 23). English Heritage.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 68.49 mm
Width: 58.82 mm
Weight: 25.98 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Bullington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0978
Four figure Latitude: 53.28776855
Four figure longitude: -0.36636351
1:25K map: TF0978
1:10K map: TF07NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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