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SPUR
Unique ID: DOR-0A8B50
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-medieval copper-alloy spur rowel. The rowel consists of seven points, each point is seperated by moulded incisions leading towards a central circular perforation. There are traces of gilding on one side. The rowel is 39.25mm in length, 38.25mm in width, 3.25mm thick and weighs 11.87grams. A parallel can be seen in Read, 1995 fig 805-6 which has been dated to the 16th - 17th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.25 mm
Width: 38.25 mm
Thickness: 3.25 mm
Weight: 11.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 27th September 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC 020400
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Compton Abbas
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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