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Cast copper alloy Medieval spur rowel probably dating from about 1350 - 1400. |
A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century. The rowel is a five pointed star shape, with each point oval in cross section. |
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A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century |
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Cast copper alloy Medieval spur rowel probably dating from about 1350 - 1400. |
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Cast copper alloy Medieval spur rowel probably dating from about 1350 - 1400. |
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A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century |
Cast copper alloy Medieval spur rowel probably dating from about 1350 - 1400. |
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A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century. The rowel is a five pointed star shape, with each point oval in cross section. |
Cast copper alloy Medieval spur rowel probably dating from about 1350 - 1400. |
A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century. The rowel is a five pointed star shape, with each point oval in cross section. |
A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century. The rowel is a five pointed star shape, with each point oval in cross section. |
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A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century. The rowel is a five pointed star shape, with each point oval in cross section. |
Cast copper alloy Medieval spur rowel probably dating from about 1350 - 1400. |
A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century. The rowel is a five pointed star shape, with each point oval in cross section. |
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AD 1500-1700 |
A copper alloy medieval to post medieval rowel spur, dating to the c.14th- 17th century |
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Cast copper alloy Medieval spur rowel probably dating from about 1350 - 1400. |
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Medieval prickSpur |

 
Pyramidal goads appear on spurs in the mid 11th century (Ellis in Clark (ed) 1995, 127) and continue, with conical and ribbed variants, until prick spurs decline in popularity in England at the end of the 13th century (Ellis 2002, 4). Pyramidal goads appear to get larger over time and can develop into double-pyramids or octahedrons.
Complete spurs with pyramidal goads can be made all of iron (WILT-587DE2) or all of copper alloy (KENT-C9D76A, LEIC-595916), but detached goads are much more common, often with a copper-alloy sleeve and an iron core. |
Rowel spurs |
Rowel spurs were introduced in the early 13th century (Ellis in Saunders and Saunders (eds) 1991, 58; Ellis in Clark (ed) 1995, 128). Rowel spurs and prick spurs co-existed for a century or so, but from the early 14th century rowel spurs were the only form used.
A rowel is a rotating wheel or disc with teeth, in place of the goad; a rowel with many small teeth is milder than one with a few larger teeth. Rowels are held in place with bars, usually of iron, which pass through the two pierced projections of a rowel box.
Spur sides had already begun to curve under the ankle by the time that rowels were introduced. By the middle of the 13th century, most spur sides were deeply curved, and this situation lasted for about a century. |
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17th Century spur with buckle.

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