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SPUR
Unique ID: KENT-F313EF
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An fragment cast post-medieval copper-alloy spur and hook attachment. dating to the late 17th to early 18th century.
Description: The fragment represents the terminal end of one of the spur's arm. The arm is rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section terminating with two loops, forming a figure of eight attachment. Attached to one loop is a the copper-alloy attachment hook. The hook has a flat, oval body in plan with the loop have a flat projecting collar. At the centre of of the hook plate is the rusted remains of the iron attachment rivet.
Measurements: Total length 47.73mm long, 12.93mm wide, 7.03mm thick and 4.02g in weight
Discussion: A similar example is illustrated by Read (2001) no. 499.
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.73 mm
Width: 12.93 mm
Thickness: 7.03 mm
Weight: 4.02 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Capel-le-Ferne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2539
Four figure Latitude: 51.10611679
Four figure longitude: 1.21273629
1:25K map: TR2539
1:10K map: TR23NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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