SWYOR-9C46E7: Post Medieval dress hook, Read Class E, Type 1

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HOOKED TAG

Unique ID: SWYOR-9C46E7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete, copper alloy hooked tag, Read class E, type 1, dating from the early post-medieval period, AD 1500 - 1650. It has a rectangular body with a rectangular attachment loop above and a D section, curved hook depending from the base. The point of the hook has broken away and is missing. There is a rectangular perforation with rounded ends immediately below the attachment loop and an angular projection at each end of the bar separating body and loop. There is a further angular projection at each side of the base of the body. There is no other decoration and the reverse of the tag is plain and unmarked. It has a rough, dark brown patina. It is 23.2mm long, 13.2mm wide and 3.7mm thick. It weighs 1.32gm.

A similar tag is illustrated in Read, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Eyes, page 89, number 301.

Class: Read Class E, type 1

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.2 mm
Width: 13.2 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 1.32 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th May 2016 - Sunday 14th February 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2903

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Saxton with Scarthingwell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4737
Four figure Latitude: 53.8271491
Four figure longitude: -1.28743794
1:25K map: SE4737
1:10K map: SE43NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	89	301

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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