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ROWEL SPUR

Unique ID: CORN-4298D3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy spur rowel in the form of a five-armed star with five points that are lozenge-shaped in section. Each arm has about eighteen parallel transverse grooves from the central perforation to the point. In between each arm is another shorter point, that measures about 10 mm, and two of the five have been bent back through use.

Read (2001) illustrates a similar spur rowel with long arms and transverse grooves on page 66, Fig.42, No.505, and another spur rowel with mouldings on either side of the arms in No.516, which are dated from the 17th century.

Bailey (2002) illustrates a spur rowel with shorter arms but similar alternating moulded points on page 36, Fig.17, 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: 63 mm
Width: 63 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 24.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 2013 - Wednesday 31st July 2013

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5840
Four figure Latitude: 50.21040947
Four figure longitude: -5.39315583
1:25K map: SW5840
1:10K map: SW50NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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.17
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,	Nos.505 & 516

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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