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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NLM-A6AD6F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy hooked tag. Cast sub-triangular or heart-shaped plate with a rectangular top loop, Read Class D type 4, and with a central moulded device of an inverted five-pointed star, with curvilinear borders outside the plate. A hole of diameter 2.5mm is drilled through this outer border on one side. Below the plate, a short sharp backward pointing hook remains. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Length: 29.5mm, Width: 16.9mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 2.08gms
Class: Read Class D type 4
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 2.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th August 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33687
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Market Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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