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SPUR
Unique ID: BH-83FD56
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval copper-alloy spur rowel.
The rowel takesre point of the rowel. the form of a five-pointed star, with a narrower, pointed, projection separating each arm from the next. A sub-circular perforation is located close to the centre of the rowel. A black substance coats the surface of the object.
Diameter: 57.5mm; thickness: 2.8mm. Weight:18.54g.
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 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 18.54 g
Diameter: 57.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 16/6 - 2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Therfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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