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SPUR
Unique ID: ESS-226A18
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy rowel spur, dating to the 17th-18th century. All that remains is the neck and the rowel. The two arms terminate in a flattened circular section, flaring away from the rowel. There is a double collar at the broken end, just before where the heel band would have been. The rowel has seven spikes and the axial rod is missing, meaning the rowel is now loose. Orange brown staining around the rowel suggests the axial rod would have been made of iron.
Similar examples are recorded on the PAS database, cf. SOM-F7C306. Rowel spurs existed from the Medieval period, though examples with decorated necks tend to date from the 17th century onwards.
Dimensions: length: 43.58 mm; rowel diameter:27.26 mm; thickness: 9.14 mm; weight: 16.70g.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.58 mm
Thickness: 9.14 mm
Weight: 16.7 g
Diameter: 27.26 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanningfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7100
Four figure Latitude: 51.67274441
Four figure longitude: 0.4715899
1:25K map: TL7100
1:10K map: TL70SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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