FOI 2026-036: record 63.24/1 rowel spur

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Identification numbers:
Object number: 63.24/1
Other number:
Micromusée V6 SN 6236
Number of objects: 1
Number of parts: 1
Identification:
Identification: Medieval iron rowel spur
Identification: rowel spur
Description:
Description: Only one arm complete, but traces of the terminal survive on the other
Collection record:
Locality: Llandough Church Farm Llandough
Object coordinates:
National Grid Reference ST168733
OS 1:10,000 Sheet ST 17 SE
Collection date: 1858
Method of discovery: surface find
Notes: found, along with six male skeletons, during the erection of new buildings "buried with a lot of shells, limpet or
cockle" (as quoted on the accession card)
Material and Technique:
Material:
iron
Measurements:
Measurements:
length / mm 180.0  (overall)
width / mm 100
weight / g 100.6
Creation/Production:
Occupation/Role:
Production
Period, dating:
Medieval (c.1070-c.1500)
14th century
15th century
Legal status:
Status: Current
Acquisition:
Entry number: 1963.24
Acquisition date: 08/02/1963
Number of objects: 3
Acquisition method: donation
Previous owner name:
Tag:
Person/body
Name:

Address:
Name/Corporate name:
Address: Cogan Pill
Town/City: Penarth

Record created: 10 November 1998 00:00:00
Entry date: 08/02/1963
Storage information:
Object status: Object in the collection
Permanent location: box M02.03
Location status: location verified by SI
Location date: 25/06/2015
Environmental conditions:
2. Inherently unstable
Notes: Object removed from Origins gallery on 7th July 2014.
Location and movement:
Status: Previous
Location: The Knight
End date: 25/04/2007
Status: Previous
Movement: Warrior Society 08/12/2007 08/12/2007 Origins - Warrior Society
Location: Origins - Warrior Society
Start date/Permanent location date:
08/12/2007
Status: Previous
Location: Origins box 1
Start date/Permanent location date:
28/07/2014
Notes: Object removed from Origins gallery on 7th July 2014 and placed in temporary box _Origins box 1.
Status: Current
Location: box M02.03
Start date/Permanent location date:
25/06/2015
Condition control:
Status: Current
Reason for condition check: Outward loan condition check
Condition: Stable
Completeness:
Incomplete Missing end of one "arm" and two of the teeth on the spur
Condition checker:
Abbeyfield Gwent Extra Care Soc.
Control date: 06/06/2006
Ordered treatment:
- Treatment not required
Notes: Stripped and appears to be waxed.
Reproduction:
Reproduction:
Digital Image
Multimedia:
Multimedia:
21882 - black & white negative photograph - no details unknown
System info:

Record created: 17 October 1994 00:00:00
Record created by:
Last update: 25 June 2015 12:43:12
Record updated by:
Record status: Validated record

Artifact description

The records team discloses further material, including a waterwheel record and an estate sale document page, from additional searches.

Our integration

Part of the FOI thread with Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales opened 8 September 2026. The thread's standing classification is “partial”. Statutory time: met.

Concern to test: whether this reply answers the question as asked, or a narrower one. Not checked against the original request wording here.

What cuts against the case: the body disclosed material, which is the opposite of a refusal; what it disclosed is shown here as sent.

Related: GHF-E106-R33-A1 — FOI 2026-036: letter of 22 Nov 1931, file 63.24 · GHF-E106-R33-A3 — FOI 2026-036: record 63.24/2 spearhead · The covering email · What They Don’t Say: WTDS-d0868f91-1, WTDS-d0868f91-2, WTDS-d0868f91-3, WTDS-d0868f91-4 · EV-0297 in the evidence catalogue · Timeline · Disclosure Dartboard