DOR-BEB944: BEB944. Post-medieval rowel spur

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SPUR

Unique ID: DOR-BEB944

Object type certainty: Certain
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A possible fragment of a rowel box from a spur. A very damaged and fragmentary object which could be one side of a rowel box in which a rowel would have articulated, and a broken section of the neck. Date: Early Post-medieval, c. 1510 - 1650 Dimensions: 75.59 mm x 12.35 mm x 5.24 mm Weight: 15.24 g

Class: Rowel

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 75.59 mm
Width: 12.35 mm
Thickness: 5.24 mm
Weight: 15.24 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th July 2007

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Castleton

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

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Audit data

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

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