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ROWEL SPUR

Unique ID: CORN-98F466

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy spur rowel with five points, arranged in a star shape, in plan, around a central circular hole, which is 5 mm in diameter. Two of the points are missing their tips and the other three are larger, in length (13 mm) and width (10 mm), than the two broken points (11 x 8 mm). The points are almost flat with a slight lozenge-shaped in section and there does not appear to be any decoration or gilding, though the original surface is pitted and missing.

Read (2001) illustrates a similar example with five points on page 66, Fig.42, No.509, which is dated from the 14th to the 17th century.

Bailey (2002) illustrates a similar example with five points on page 36, Fig.18, which is dated from the 17th century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 33 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.65 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th September 2012 - Sunday 9th September 2012

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Marazion (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5230
Four figure Latitude: 50.118155
Four figure longitude: -5.470573
1:25K map: SW5230
1:10K map: SW50NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bailey, G.	2002	Detector Finds 5	Great Britain	Greenlight Publishing	36, Fig.18
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	66, Fig.42,	No.509

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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