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SPUR
Unique ID: LEIC-F22BF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval or early post Medieval spur rowel, 45mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick. The rowel has 14 points, one of which has snapped off, each has an eliptical section and a rounded end. The surface of each point is decorated with a raised line, 2mm wide, running its length. The raised line is disected by an incised line every 2mm, forming raised squares. The whole object has traces of gilding over its surface and the central section has traces of green corrosion. The central hole which is 3mm in diameter still has the iron pin in place.
Class: Rowel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1400
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 15.89 g
Diameter: 45 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th March 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brooke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8506
Four figure Latitude: 52.645089
Four figure longitude: -0.745153
1:25K map: SK8506
1:10K map: SK80NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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