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SPUR
Unique ID: SUR-91E236
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy terminal from the arm of a rowel spur of post-medieval (later 17th century) date. The terminal has a triangular openwork plate with a triangular and two circular apertures, with three flanking pairs of projections emerging from the sides. At the narrow end of the plate is a scallop-shell shaped terminal with two pierced holes to take the spur hooks. A rusted fragment of one iron spur hook remains in place. The wide end of the plate has a clear break visible to an arm of around 8mm wide which had a plano-convex cross section
See WMID-27A6E4 for a complete example of a spur of this type.
Class: rowel
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.1 mm
Width: 15.5 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 3.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Clanfield and Finchdean (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7413
Four figure Latitude: 50.91173289
Four figure longitude: -0.94879797
1:25K map: SU7413
1:10K map: SU71SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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