26 The History of the Spur 



illustrated, being — total length six and a quarter inches, neck 

 one and a half inches, sides four and three-quarter inches. 

 There is the same kind of ornament in the middle of the 

 sides, and there is a buckle welded to the end of one 

 of them. Indeed, to judge by the illustration in the ArchcRO- 

 logical Journal, but for some difference in the shape of the 

 buckle, this spur found at Linton Heath might be the fellow 

 of the London one. It was found in a grave together with 

 weapons and other objects undoubtedly Anglo-Saxon, and 

 although no exact date is suggested in the account of Mr. 

 Neville's explorations in the Arckceological Journal, the spur 

 may be assumed to be at the end of the ninth or beginning 

 of the tenth century. 



The spur figured on the same plate is also taken from 

 a spur in the City of London Museum. Here the neck is a 

 little longer, and increases very slightly in thickness towards the 

 end, into which a very small point is inserted. There is no 

 attempt at ornament in this spur, and the sides are beaten 

 out into plates, in which two narrow rectangular openings are 

 cut for the attachment of separate straps for the sole and instep, 

 this being the first time we have seen this arrangement for 

 separate straps. This, no doubt, is a very early spur, and 

 was found in Queen Victoria Street. 



Another spur of the same kind, but probably of slightly 

 later date, is figured on Plate 9, Fig. i. This is also taken 

 from a spur in the same Museum. Here there is more 

 ornament, and superior workmanship, and the neck was inlaid 

 with silver. The total length of this spur is six and three-quarter 



