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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-8A1E17
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy dress hook. Read's Class C, Type 3. Rectangular, tapering slightly towards the hooked end, convex front-plate with flange on either side and decorated with cross-hatching, back-plate missing, incomplete long hook. Plate length 22mm, width 14mm. 16th century.
Class: Read Class C, Type 3.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: 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: 22 mm
Width: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th October 2012 - Monday 8th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IND08102012ED
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4223
Four figure Latitude: 52.785901
Four figure longitude: 0.104141
1:25K map: TF4223
1:10K map: TF42SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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