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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-6B7ECE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval composite sheet copper alloy sub-triangular trefoil dress hook of Read 2008 single sharp-hooked clasp Class D, type 6, with most of one die-stamped domed boss, part of the loop and part of the backplate missing. In the centre a lozengiform sheet is attachmed to ht efront by a convex-headed rivet. Width 17.8mm. Thickness excluding loop 4mm. 16th century.
Field WYRD
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
Width: 17.8 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th August 2014 - Tuesday 30th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60250
Other reference: SET102014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1097
Four figure Latitude: 52.53036852
Four figure longitude: 1.09455645
1:25K map: TM1097
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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