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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: WAW-678411
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete lead alloy hooked tag/dress hook. The plate of this tag is made of lead alloy and is sub-circular in plan. The outer face is decorated with a beaded border and has a central cross formed by pellets. The reverse has a central rectangular slot where the hook was probably originally embedded. There is also a casting seam visible. The surface has a matte light grey colour. The hook and loop are missing. It measures 19.6mm long, 18.08mm wide and weighs 3.8g.
A similar hooked tag is illustrated in Read (Read, B. 2008 Hooked-Clasps and Eyes Portcullis Publishing), p. 131, No. 534 which is Early Post-Medieval Class Q. This type dates to the c. 16th century.
Class: Early Post-Medieval Class Q
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.6 mm
Width: 18.08 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2940
Four figure Latitude: 52.057628
Four figure longitude: -1.578452
1:25K map: SP2940
1:10K map: SP24SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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