Accession No
1977.803
Description
Iron rowel spur with empty rowel box and incomplete, down-curved sides, one of which is distorted but retains the stub of its terminal.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Huntingdonshire; Wintringham
Period
Medieval
Source
Department of the Environment [donor]; Beresford, Guy [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1977.803; 137 [Excavation no.]; 70 [Excavation no.]; XB1598 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
107mm x 24mm x 122mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1971-1972 by Guy Beresford, Deserted Medieval Village Research Group, in association with the Department of the Environment.
Event Date 1971
Author: maa
Context (References)
Beresford, Guy. (1977). ‘Excavation of a Moated House at Wintringham in Huntingdonshire.’ Archaeological Journal, 134. pp. 194-286. Fig. 46.80.
Event Date 1977
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Beresford, Guy. (1977): 'Iron rowel spur with empty rowel box and incomplete, down-curved sides, one of which is distorted but retains the stub of its terminal.'
Event Date 1978
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Metal; Iron Spur; Stirrup
Event Date 30/3/1988
Author: maa
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5708 | Remedial
Event Date 30/5/2023
Author: Kirstie French
Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:24929
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