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SPUR
Unique ID: NMS-236827
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy D-sectioned spur side with broken transversely set figure-of-eight terminal. Surviving length 87mm. Side 8mm wide at the break before missing rowel box. 3mm thick. 17th century.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 87 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th March 2014 - Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30059
Other reference: NMD042014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Fincham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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