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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-A47F71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval lead alloy trefoil dress hook of Read 2008, early medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class D, Type 6, with an integral attachment loop wrenched out of shape on the reverse and a copper alloy hook of which part of the shank survives. Very similar to, but larger than, ibid. no. 258 but with the each of the outer four pellets on the three bosses set within an annulet. Weight 16.15g. Length, excluding stump of hook, 31.3mm. Width 29.5mm. Thickness, excluding loop and hook housing, 4.5mm. 16th century.
Class: Read 2008, early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class D, Type 6
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.3 mm
Width: 29.5 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 16.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2021 - Friday 16th July 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 17614
Other reference: SB062021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barton Bendish (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7304
Four figure Latitude: 52.60623277
Four figure longitude: 0.55337415
1:25K map: TF7304
1:10K map: TF70SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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