Old spur wtih rowel, but how old?-- UPDATED and SOLVED

[hammered]

This spur was turned up by the plow some years ago in one of my farmers fields. From the research I've done so far, most of the later spurs were made of copper alloy, this one is all iron, and in amazing condition. The rowel still turns and the buckle is almost complete. The field it was found on is still called "Tourney Field" and is next door to the village manor. The name "Tourney" probably has more to do with horse skills than jousting, something that I don't think happened around here.


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[CRUSADER]

Re: Old spur, yes but how old?

Tourney's can be 1 on 1 & not a large event. Often men would challenge each over & the loser lost all his belongings. A form of early gamblings for the rich.

 

[kuger]

Re: Old spur, yes but how old?

All I can say is I have found some Spanish spurs from the late 1700's,and yours is earlier than that!!!Stunning find!!!!

 

[johnnyblaze]

Re: Old spur, yes but how old?

It must be more of a challenge dating relics over in Europe and England..
Much more of a time frame..
But for iron,thats in pretty good shape..I guess it would depend on the soil conditions it was found in


Blaze....

 

[taz42o]

Re: Old spur wtih rowel, but how old?

Prick spurs were the standard form until the 14th century, when the rowel began to become more common.
From what I have read short shank and large rowel would be early 14th century.

http://www.allenantiques.com/Spurs-Collection.html

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Old spur wtih rowel, but how old?

Prick spurs were the standard form until the 14th century, when the rowel began to become more common.
From what I have read short shank and large rowel would be early 14th century.

http://www.allenantiques.com/Spurs-Collection.html

Its not my area, but I agree 14th C is most likely (it was my first thought based on Rowel & buckle type)

 

[Broken knee]

Re: Old spur wtih rowel, but how old?

Now that is a once in a life time find! Amazing condition the only thing that could top it would be finding the other one.
good luck HH
Broken Knee

 

[hammered]

Re: Old spur wtih rowel, but how old?

taz42o and Cru got it right, it is 14th century . I just got an answer back from UKDFD and they have entered it on their records, see link for full description and better pics, but this is what they had to say:-

"A late medieval rowel spur, virtually complete and with surviving rowel and buckle still attached. The sides of the spur are of rectangular cross-section and there is an integral castellated crest at the junction with the neck. The terminals are of the single loop type and the rowel box is short and deep throated. The rowel is of large diameter and has sixteen points of sub-rectangular cross-section, a small number of which are damaged. The buckle is sub-triangular and has an integral plate with a hooked end. The buckle frame is sub-triangular and has a curved and expanded outer edge, which is decorated with punched dots. The plate is sub-circular and decorated with incised radial grooves that divide it into segments. The pin is complete.

The very short neck length suggests that the spur pre-dates the 15th century, when increasingly longer necks became fashionable.

The terminal to which the buckle is attached indicates that the spur was for the left foot, as the buckle was worn on the outer terminal."


http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=29980

Thanks for looking and well done you two .


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[shaun7]

That's lasted well Lovely find

 

[Woodland Detectors]

14th century? Geeez. That is absolutely amazing!

I need to move to England. Badly

 

[kuger]

Banner find I say!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Some thing that has eluded me over the years never found any part of a spur..Great find Ian



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[Ramitt]

Neato! it is outstanding that the buckle is still attached. Very cool find man!

 

[BerntOut]

Banner!

Outstanding find!