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SPUR
Unique ID: SWYOR-4E7316
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, copper alloy spur rowel, probably medieval in date. Only the rowel survives. It has 16 points, each of which is tear drop shaped and bevelled. The central hole fr the axle has been worn on one side making it oval and no longer central. Traces of gilding survive. Officially, only knights were allowed to wear gilded spurs, but by the late 14th century there were complaints that men who were not knighted were wearing gilded spurs. The rowel spur was introduced in the 13th century and remained fashionable into the Post Medieval period. This one probably dates from the 14th century when large multi point rowels were popular. Compare also YORYM-3FD5E6.
Class: rowel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Diameter: 41.819 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th January 2010 - Tuesday 25th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1129
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Stillington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5868
Four figure Latitude: 54.104626
Four figure longitude: -1.114457
1:25K map: SE5868
1:10K map: SE56NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark, J. | 1995 | The Medieval Horse and its Equipment | London | HMSO |
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