Record ID: SWYOR-B06054
Object type: COCKSPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
2007 T451 "Report on post-medieval cockspur (?) from N Yorks 2007 T451 Silver artefact with long slightly curved projecting spur, resembling a large thorn, flaring out at one end and ending in a ridge; pierced with a small hole for attachment. It has been suggested that this object might be a cockspur for use in cockfighting, in which case it would have been attached by the hole at the back onto a leather strap around the cock's leg so as to lengthen the natural spur. The only one reported in the post-medieval collections of the British Museum is made of steel, which would seem a more…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.