NLM-65FF86: Post-Medieval rowel spur fragment

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SPUR

Unique ID: NLM-65FF86

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy and iron spur fragment. Rowel box and rowel, comprising an eight pointed rowel on a ferrous metal axle with domed ends, retained in a bifurcated box with a collared terminal that plugged into the heel of the spur (lost). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.

Length: 44.1mm, Diameter (rowel): 26.8mm, Width (at axle housing): 16.7mm, Weight: 22.98g

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: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44.1 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Weight: 22.98 g
Diameter: 26.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th September 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM23505a

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Ulceby with Fordington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF4172
Four figure Latitude: 53.22633546
Four figure longitude: 0.11069259
1:25K map: TF4172
1:10K map: TF47SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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