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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: SF-C9EAA2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy strap fitting or hooked tag of probable Post-Medieval date. It has a flat square plate at one end of which extends an integral hook that is triangular in form, folded over at the hook and and tapers towards a now incomplete tip. At the centre of the plate is a rivet hole containing the corroded remains of a separate rivet. The entire object has worn surfaces and measures 10.48mm in width, 18.98mm in length, 0.48mm in thickness, and 0.54g in weight. This is a work strap fitting or possibly a hooked tag. Its form and the presence of a central rivet suggest a Post-Medieval date range to be most likely, although an earlier date cannot be ruled out entirely.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.98 mm
Width: 10.48 mm
Thickness: 0.48 mm
Weight: 0.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Freckenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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