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SPUR
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C57E49
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy, hooked fitting for a post-medieval spur. It consists of a loop where it would have connected to the terminal of the spur arm, continuing into a flat bar, widening and terminating in a dome-headed stud with a narrow neck that would have fitted into a hole in the strap of the spur. There is extensive iron corrosion staining suggesting it was attached to an iron spur. An iron example with part of the spur and a hook can be seen on PUBLIC-55D0B2.
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: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.15 mm
Width: 8.86 mm
Weight: 3.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Skidbrooke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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