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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-0A923A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy hooked tag, with the hook missing. Read 2008, early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E, Type 2. Rectangular loop, openwork oval plate contains a stylised heart reserved between three apertures. There is a slight collar at the top of the broken D-sectioned hook. Cf. 2008, no. 410 (of Class E, Type 3). Extant length 24.5mm. Width 12mm. 16th century.
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: 24.5 mm
Width: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th February 2017 - Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 54797
Other reference: DDMD032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Deopham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0500
Four figure Latitude: 52.55920342
Four figure longitude: 1.02280635
1:25K map: TG0500
1:10K map: TG00SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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