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SPUR
Unique ID: SWYOR-1C0672
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy spur rowel of post medieval date. The rowel is flat and has eight points. There are incised grooves radiating from the centre of the rowel to the tip of each point. Each point is petal shaped or sub lozenge shaped, with the lower third of each linked to its neighbours. There is a large circular perforation which has been worn into an oval; it is 5.16mm diameter. The object has a mid red brown colour with the remains of a rich dark green patina in places. Similar rowels date either to the 16th or 17th century; a comparable example is HAMP-A89734 which cites similar examples in Read (1988; 1995, 127; refs. 805, 806).
Class: rowel
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: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.63 mm
Weight: 14.33 g
Diameter: 45.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 26th July 2011 - Wednesday 25th July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1921
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Featherstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4420
Four figure Latitude: 53.67462491
Four figure longitude: -1.3354266
1:25K map: SE4420
1:10K map: SE42SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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