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SPUR
Unique ID: SWYOR-0C4805
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy five pointed star-shaped rowel from a spur, of Medieval or Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. It consists of five wide sub-lozenge shaped points evenly arranged around a circular hub that has a circular perforation in the centre for attachment. There is a slight groove between the points.
Such spur rowels were used in both the medieval and post-medieval periods, and are therefore difficult to date more specifically when found outside of an archaeological context. Compare GLO-F51FB0 and CORN-98F466 which cite Read 2001, Fig 42, nos. 505-510.
The rowel is 51.5mm diameter, 3.4mm thick and 18.7g.
Class: rowel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 18.7 g
Diameter: 51.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th December 2015 - Saturday 19th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2810
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Brafferton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4370
Four figure Latitude: 54.12406884
Four figure longitude: -1.34355957
1:25K map: SE4370
1:10K map: SE47SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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