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SPUR
Unique ID: IOW-CBB2DE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy spur rowel (c. 1500-c. 1700).
The rowel is in the form of a five-pointed star with raised decorative points in the interstices of the star which lead from the centre of the rowel and terminate in a point just proud of the interstice. The decoration is the same on both sides of the rowel. In the centre is a circular perforation, 3.3 mm in diameter.
Length: 28.3mm; width: 27.2mm; thickness: 2.0mm. Weight: 2.97g.
Read (2001) illustrates a similar rowel with defined interstices on page 66, fig. 42, ref: 508.
Bailey (2002) illustrates a spur rowel with similar alternating moulded points on page 36, fig.17, which is dated from the 17th century.
Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
Bailey, G., 2002 Detector Finds 5 Great Britain: Greenlight Publishing.
Class: rowel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.3 mm
Width: 27.2 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th May 2017 - Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-3-94
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2002 | Detector Finds 5 | Great Britain | Greenlight Publishing | 36, fig.17 | ||
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 66, fig. 42 | 508 |
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