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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NMS-4E6AC3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Middle Saxon to Late Saxon copper alloy hooked tag with a circular plate, broken across one of two perforations, part of the edge missing. Read 2008, early medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class A, Type 2. The plate is decorated with a central perforated ring-and-dot within six outer perforated ring-and-dots. Cf. ibid. no. 60. Length 19mm. Width 11mm. 8th - 11th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th July 2015 - Monday 14th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 54944
Other reference: KLMD092015
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Grimston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7321
Four figure Latitude: 52.75890441
Four figure longitude: 0.56229824
1:25K map: TF7321
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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