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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: LEIC-BF1C07
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Post medieval copper alloy dress hook, 24mm long, 16mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 1.86grams. The object is sub-circular in form with a floriate? pattern over its surface. The hook is sub triangular, with rounded protrusions near its upper edge and is missing its end. Class E, Type 3. B Read, 2008, Pg. 96, No. 355.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.86 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th October 2008
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Warwick (District)
Parish or ward: Hunningham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3767
Four figure Latitude: 52.299884
Four figure longitude: -1.458841
1:25K map: SP3767
1:10K map: SP36NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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