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SPUR
Unique ID: CORN-9DAFF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a cast copper alloy spur bar and terminal, bent in profile and hemispherical in section where the bar is broken. There is a figure-of-eight terminal at right angles to the bar, with three circular rivet holes in a row, to attach to the boot. The central rivet hole is smaller and 4.6 mm in diameter and the outer two holes are 5 mm in diameter. There are two transverse moulded bands between one of the rivet holes in the terminal and the beginnings of the bar. The surface of the spur bar and terminal has partly corroded away but there does not appear to be any more decoration.
Read (2001) illustrates a similar spur on page 65, fig.41, no.501, which is dated from the 17th century.
Bailey (2002) illustrates a similar spur terminal with an angled bar and three rivet holes on page 36, fig.17, which is dated from the 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th July 2017 - Thursday 27th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Hilary (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5533
Four figure Latitude: 50.14633327
Four figure longitude: -5.43061459
1:25K map: SW5533
1:10K map: SW53SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2002 | Detector Finds 5 | Great Britain | Greenlight Publishing | p.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 | p.65, fig.41 | no.501 |
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