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DRESS HOOK

Unique ID: LEIC-F59AE6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Anglo-Saxon copper alloy dress hook, 25mm long and 17mm wide. The object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 1.56 grams. The object is triangular in form and its point is turned to form a small hook. The upper edge is shaped, with three small rounded protrusions joined together by two very shallow arcs. Below this edge are two circular fixing holes, C.3mm in diameter. The surface of the object is decorated with a border of incised chevrons running down each side. The centre has 7 cup and ring marks, 5 arranged in a circle around a sixth and the seventh below this. The reverse is plain, but the cup and rings are so deeply set that at least five circular bulges can be seen on this side. Similar to B Read, 2008, Pg. 9, no. 24.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 450
Date to: AD 700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.56 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd November 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Wymeswold (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6023
Four figure Latitude: 52.80123
Four figure longitude: -1.11149
1:25K map: SK6023
1:10K map: SK62SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	9	24

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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