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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-653728
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post-medieval copper alloy hooked tag with trapezoidal loop and trefoil or triple-bossed plate. The tip of the hook is missing. Read 2008, early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E, Type 5. Very close to ibid. no. 444, but with solid bosses. Extant length 28.7mm. Width 14.5mm. 16th century.
Found during excavation of foundations for a utility room and soakaway.
Class: Read 2008, early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E, Type 5
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.7 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th September 2015 - Sunday 13th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 54202
Other reference: KLMD092015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Snettisham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6833
Four figure Latitude: 52.86825218
Four figure longitude: 0.49444408
1:25K map: TF6833
1:10K map: TF63SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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