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SPUR
Unique ID: LVPL-3AD022
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy rowel from a spur of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The rowel is in the form of a six pointed star and has a central circular perforation for attachment to the spur. The perforation has an internal diameter of 2.5mm. Only one of the points of the rowel is complete the others having sustained either ancient or more recent damage. The object has a mid-green patina.
Such rowels are undiagnostic and a wide medieval to post-medieval date is therefore offered; similar examples can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 66; refs. 505-507).
Dimensions: 22.5mm in length, 20mm in width, 2mm thick, 2.6g
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.5 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Thursday 6th April 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Thorp Arch
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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