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SPUR
Unique ID: WAW-3276A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy rowel spur (c. 1500-c. 1700 AD). The rowel box has a distinct downturned neck and is heavily faceted. One side element of the spur is incomplete. Both side elements are semi-circular in cross section and have been bent outwards roughly half way along their length. The side tapers towards the tip and meets the now incomplete loops.
The spur is 110.0 mm in length, 57.9mm in width, 7.2mm thick and weighs 26.8 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 110 mm
Width: 57.9 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 26.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4312
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Stoke Prior (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9468
Four figure Latitude: 52.310078
Four figure longitude: -2.089428
1:25K map: SO9468
1:10K map: SO96NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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