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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: WILT-214F5B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy silvered early medieval (AD 850- 1150) hooked tag of Read's (2008) Class D, Type 1 with a circular plate and ridged collar at the junction between plate and hook (Read 2008, p. 27; cf. no. 108). The hooked tag consists of a broadly circular plate with two circular perforations tapering towards a hooked attachment end. The plate is decorated with a six armed cross and a shining tin effect on the remainder of the plate. The hook is D-shaped in cross-section and is decorated with two horizontal grooves at the point where it projects from the plate.
The hooked tag is 33.65mm in length, 22.2mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 1.71 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.63 mm
Width: 20.22 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 1.71 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2016-73
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Enford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1352
Four figure Latitude: 51.26700861
Four figure longitude: -1.81505211
1:25K map: SU1352
1:10K map: SU15SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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