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SPUR
Unique ID: NLM-542DBC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy spur fitting, as kindly suggested by Rob Webley. Rob comments: 'I wonder whether this is a hookd attachment for a spur leather, so probably medieval? It is not usual to see hooked points on the post-medieval hangers you mention. Please see Ellis in Clark (1995, 148; fig. 106)'. Cast flat discoid plate with a blunt ended hook [?]backward pointing, and a sharp pointed hook on the opposite side [?]forward facing. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1450.
Length: 39.6mm, Diameter/Width: 25.7mm, Thickness (plate): 2.6mm, Weight: 12.69gms.
Notes:
Earl Specht of the Netherlands kindly comments as follows:
I was looking on the finds site on item SPUR, Unique ID: NLM-542DBC. In the text: Rob Webley comments: 'I wonder whether this is a hooked attachment for a spur leather. I was wondering why only spur leather and not the spur itself, spur hanger. Such as this [illustration not copied here, but referenced as...]
(https://historiska.se/upptack-historien/artikel/en-sporre-fran-falebro/)
I have something like that, and I wondered if it could be a Spur Hanger?
Class: Fitting
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.6 mm
Width: 25.7 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 12.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29112
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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