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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NMS-7AF988
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy hooked tag of Read Class H, Type 1. Sub-circular plate with a moulded flower in relief, set within a raised border. The hook is missing and only two short stubs of the attachment loop survive. The breaks are not recent. It is similar to Read (2008) No. 491, except that the lateral edges of the plate are straighter in the lower half while having slightly more pronounced convexity in the upper half. 16th century.
Length: 16.1mm. Width: 15.8mm. Thickness: 2.0mm. Weight: 1.7g.
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: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.1 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th January 2020 - Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 42649
Other reference: DDMD022020
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Beighton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3809
Four figure Latitude: 52.62654335
Four figure longitude: 1.51517385
1:25K map: TG3809
1:10K map: TG30NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | page 120 | 491 |
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