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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: YORYM-ABFEF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy dress hook of post-medieval date. Only a small portion of the dress hook remains though it is likely to be of Reads Class E, Type 3 being circular in plan. Only the rectangular attachment loop remains projecting from one edge of an openwork plate, most of which has been lost to an old break. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 13.7mm long, 16.6mm wide, 1.6mm thick and weighs 1g.
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.7 mm
Width: 16.6 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 1 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Clipstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6063
Four figure Latitude: 53.16075388
Four figure longitude: -1.10408538
1:25K map: SK6063
1:10K map: SK66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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