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SPUR
Unique ID: SF-1BF875
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spur of Post-Medieval date. Part of one arm survives intact, as well as part of the terminal, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The arm is D-shaped in section, tapering slightly towards the figure of eight shaped terminal, which it joins at its middle. One loop of the terminal is incomplete due to old breaks, the other is complete and holds in place a separately cast copper-alloy mount. This is flat, lozenge shaped in form with a projecting oval shaped collar at the spur end from which extends an integral rear-facing hook that is D-shaped in section and attaches the mount to the terminal of the spur. It measures 23.70mm in length, 7.24mm in width and 2.56mm in thickness. The remains of a heavily corroded iron rivet are visible at the centre of the mount, presumably to enable attachment to a leather strap or similar object. The spur arm has traces of an added white metal coating and measures 40.63mm in length8.79mm in maximum width/height, 3.65mm in thickness, the entire object weighing 7.75g.
This spur fragment is of Post-Medieval date, probably belonging in the 16th-17th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.63 mm
Width: 8.79 mm
Thickness: 3.65 mm
Weight: 7.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st June 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Great Ashfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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