SUSS-1479E0: Post medieval - Modern spur

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SPUR

Unique ID: SUSS-1479E0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post medieval or modern copper alloy rowel spur. The spur is incomplete and has been bent out of shape. One side is complete, undecorated and around 90mm long; it is 9.5mm wide and 4.1mm thick where it meets the neck and 4.1mm wide and 2.4mm thick by the terminal. The terminal is figure of eight shape, the side meets it between the two loops. The terminal is 12.1mm long, 8.0mm wide and 2.5mm thick; the loops are 4.5mm in internal diameter, one loop shows signs of wear. The other side is broken with an old break and only 42.6mm in lengh. The neck is plain, circular in cross section, 13.3mm long and 7.5mm in diameter. The rowel box is also plain, one arm has broken, the other is complete but bent and retains part of the iron pin in the terminal loop. The complete arm is about 12.2mm long and the maximum diameter of the rowel would be about 10mm. The spur weighs 23.93 grams. The plainness of the spur, shortness of the neck and width of the sides suggests an 18th to mid-19th century date.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 72.3 mm
Width: 61.6 mm
Thickness: 10.1 mm
Weight: 23.93 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th October 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
Parish or ward: Udimore (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ8919
Four figure Latitude: 50.939464
Four figure longitude: 0.688727
1:25K map: TQ8919
1:10K map: TQ81NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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