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SPUR
Unique ID: NMS-CE0668
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy spur rowel dating to the period c. AD 1600 - 1660. In the form of a five-pointed star, each prong in the form of a fleur de lis, the central prong of each lis slightly faceted. In the centre is a circular aperture for the missing axis bar. This is surrounded by iron corrosion. File marks are visible across the surface.
See: Read, B, 2001, p. 66, fig. 42, ref: 516.
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: Circa AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.1 mm
Width: 46.1 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 9.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2018 - Saturday 1st September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NHRG092018
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
Parish or ward: North Cove (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM4690
Four figure Latitude: 52.45251552
Four figure longitude: 1.61906337
1:25K map: TM4690
1:10K map: TM49SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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