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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: SWYOR-8D91C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, copper alloy, openwork hooked tag dating from c. 1500-1600. The sewing loop is trapezoidal and the body of the hook is in the form of a wheel with serrated edges, each half of the wheel having seven teeth. The centre of the body is in the form of a plain cross with three or four small, circular holes pierced in each of the angles. The point of the fastening hook has broken off and is missing. The tag has a light green patina. It is 27.2mm long, 15.9mm wide and 3.2mm thick. It weighs 1.45 gm. See Museum of London, Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, fig. 25, No. 155. See also Read Class E type 3 page 99 plates 370-372.
Class: Read Class E type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.2 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 1.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th November 2008 - Tuesday 3rd November 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Boroughbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | 25 | 155 | |
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 99 | 370-372 |
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