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SPUR
Unique ID: SF-4EFDE6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy star rowel from a rowel spur of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It has eight points that are triangular in form, rectangular in section and taper to sharp points. At the centre of the rowel is a circular aperture. The entire object measures 26.63mm in external diameter, 3.65mm in thickness, and weighs 4.96g. It is of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.13th-17th cenuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.65 mm
Weight: 4.96 g
Diameter: 26.63 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ousden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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