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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: DUR-36CB62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete dress hook made from copper alloy and dating to the Early Medieval period. The object is an example of Read Class A, Type 2. It is sub circular in plan with one curved edge that tapers towards a break where the hook would have been. There are two perforations on the object, but no other visible decoration. The metal is a mottled green and brown in colour and is very corroded. It weighs 1.4g, measuring 14.00mm in length and 13.9mm in width.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th December 2011
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Denton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2119
Four figure Latitude: 54.5658
Four figure longitude: -1.67673
1:25K map: NZ2119
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: Centred on 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 |
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