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SPUR
Unique ID: PUBLIC-4CB75E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy, hooked fitting for a post-medieval spur. The hooked terminal is broken and missing the end section but would have attached to the spur arm terminal with the circular, raised stud secured through the leather spur strap. An example with part of the spur and the hooks can be seen on WMID-0B84A7. These can be dated to the late medieval to the early post-medieval period (c. AD 1400 to c. 1650).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.93 mm
Width: 9.23 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: South Somercotes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | p112, nos. 719, 720, XV, XVI |
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