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SPUR
Unique ID: NCL-1D5FB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy rowel spur of Post-Medieval date.
It is Y-shaped in plan, with one arm curling inwards. This arm has a heart-shaped terminal, with a collar and two circular holes. The other terminal is missing. the neck projects out at a 180 degree angle. The neck is divided into two sections and each side has a rounded knob at the end. the rowel is missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.63 mm
Width: 43.65 mm
Thickness: 3.71 mm
Weight: 24.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010 - Sunday 31st October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Revesby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3263
Four figure Latitude: 53.147794
Four figure longitude: -0.027749
1:25K map: TF3263
1:10K map: TF36SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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