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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: HAMP-05A934
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post-Medieval (1500-1700) hooked tag. It measures 29.79mm long, 12.42mm wide and weighs 1.94g.
It is sub-triangular in shape with a single blunt hook at the narrow end. It has the remains of two iron rivets, one at the centre of each end of the triangle.
Read suggests that this kind of hooked tag may have been from a sword-belt, used in tandem with a separate eye-section of similar design. Cf. Read, B, 2008, pp. 217.
Notes:
Please note this record was made at a rally and therefore may fall below our usual standard.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.79 mm
Width: 12.42 mm
Weight: 1.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th April 2013
Rally details.
This object was found at Leisure Promotions - East Stratton 14.4.13
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally Find 3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Micheldever (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5440
Four figure Latitude: 51.15671383
Four figure longitude: -1.22922929
1:25K map: SU5440
1:10K map: SU54SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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