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SPUR
Unique ID: NLM-D00612
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Gilded cast copper alloy prick spur with a large quadrilateral goad in a short neck. The spur sides plunge sharply, rising at a more gentle angle below the ankle. The ends of the spur sides bear terminals with single round holes of diameter 3.8mm; one of these is occupied by a rivet with a lightly domed head of 6mm diameter. Gilding appears on the display surfaces and the goad, and an attractive patina extends overall. Rob Webley kindly suggests a high medieval date, in preference to a later date initially advanced by this reporter; he comments 'This looks fine for a late 12th- to (early) 13th-century prick spur. Certainly, it is not a 'Scotch spur' - for which see Ellis 2002 (FRG Datasheet 30, nos 27, 28), available from the FRG website'.The spur sides are now bent inwards. Suggested date: Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1150-1225.
Length: 113mm, Width (depth of spur): 56mm, Thickness (at heel): 4mm, Weight: 73.30gms.
Class: prick
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1225
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 113 mm
Width: 56 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 73.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM15629
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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