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SPUR
Unique ID: SWYOR-FAED16
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy spur attachment hook dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1300 - 1700. It has a flat, rectangular central body with a curved hook extending from the middle of each of the longer sides, the hook at the front curving upwards and that at the rear, downwards. There are faint traces of a narrow groove running around the edges of the central rectangle, suggesting that it may have been decorated, though no decoration now remains. There are also traces of gilding on the front face. The attachment is 24.9mm long, 12.8mm wide and 17.4mm thick. It weighs 3.58gm.
Other spur hook attachments are recorded on the database; see for example records NMS-D8678D, NMS-49D336 and SUR-38DC86. See also examples in Clark (1995) The Medieval Horse, on page 148. On page 149 it notes that "hook attcahments were in use from the 13th century into the post-medieval period, so that it is rarely possible to date separate attachments closely other than by their archaeological context".
Class: hook attachment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.9 mm
Width: 12.8 mm
Thickness: 17.4 mm
Weight: 3.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th February 2018 - Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3124
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Tickhill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6093
Four figure Latitude: 53.43038215
Four figure longitude: -1.09842695
1:25K map: SK6093
1:10K map: SK69SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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