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SPUR
Unique ID: SUR-C715A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A neck from a composite prick spur of late Saxon date in the form of an animal with tendrils scrolling back from its pointed nose. The animal has projecting eyes and the ears project out at right angles. The terminal is hollow to take the rounded heel of the spur (which was presumably of iron). An iron rod, the goad, runs through the length and projects out at the mouth.
Notes:
Late Saxon (Anglo-Scandinavian) prick spurs are uncommon. The few surviving examples are of similar form and construction.
Class: prick
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1030
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.29 mm
Weight: 10.64 g
Diameter: 8.28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th May 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 09.762
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: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Beddingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4304
Four figure Latitude: 50.817898
Four figure longitude: 0.028642
1:25K map: TQ4304
1:10K map: TQ40SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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