Record ID: OXON-39A974
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged cast copper alloy hooked tag dating to the early-medieval period. The fastener is broadly ovoid in plan with the remaining short stem of the projecting hook located at the narrow base of the main body. The upper, rounder end of the fastener is broken but may have been heart-shaped, or could have had projecting knops. The entire surface of the fastener is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs, all of which are slightly uneven and out of alignment with one another. There is the remains of a white metal coating evident. The reverse of the fastener is plain …
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-7C44A2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near-complete silver hooked tag of early medieval date. It has a circular plate with incised ornament on the upper surface, consisting of a diagonal expanding arm cross with the arms terminating at 1, 4, 7 and 11 o'clock. Within each of the arms are two lines stretching across the width as decoration. There are two attachment holes near the upper part of the plate, located at 1 and 11 o'clock, within the terminals of the arms. Within the quarters formed by the cross are simple incised triangles with their peaks pointing towards the centre of the fastener Located at the bottom o…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-F5FCAB
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver hooked tag of late Anglo-Saxon date. The tag comprises a U-shaped plate with three circular perforations at the broad end and a hook projecting from the tapering end. The hook curves backwards underneath this projection. The upper face of the plate is decorated with a Winchester style foliate motif bounded on three sides by a double linear border with internal squared beading. The reverse is plain and undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D79438
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast silver early medieval hooked tag. It has a circular plate with two lobes projecting from the upper edge and a complete hook at the lower edge (as pictured). The front of the plate is decorated with a scrolled floriate design of four petal-like lozenges each with a paired scrolled terminal. A billeted border runs around the outer edge of the plate, and the neck of the hook has four moulded ribs. The reverse is plain and undecorated but has some scratches.
Created on: Monday 7th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cholsey CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-84DCB9
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver dress fastener or hooked tag of early-medieval date. The fragment comprises maybe a third of the tag, retaining one of the two attachment lugs. The tag is decorated with an animal (possibly a horse or a bull?) in Trewhiddle style, with interlace below the animal's stomach. An outer border of irregular pellets is bound by two continuous lines. Similar objects are classed as Read (2008) Class D or E - because the hook is missing it is not possible to discern which class this example belongs to. However the size and decoration suggests a 9th century date. A similar …
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winslade CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-BAA4D6
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper alloy hooked tag of Read's (2008) Class A Type 1, triangular type dating to the early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. The hooked tag would have had two attachement holes in the upper corners of the widest part of the triangle, unlike many that Read illustrates that have three. However one of the top corners is broken and missing, otherwise the hooked tag is complete with a backward curving hook at the narrow end. The hooked tag is decorated on one side only, with a plume of three feather-like objects set above an indistinct design. The reverse is plain and…
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-126B30
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy hooked tag dating to the early-medieval period. The hooked tag has a circular plate with two protruding rounded pierced lobes above for attachment. The edge of the plate is decorated with a linear border with multiple transverse lines within, giving the effect of a ladder or rope pattern. Inside the border, the plate is divided into three fields by the same rope or ladder pattern arranged in a Y shape; the fields created by this division are undecorated. The integral hook survives complete; it is bent backwards and tapers to a sharp point. At the top of the hoo…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wallingford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-7941D1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked tag or hooked mount, dating to the late Early-medieval period and of Anglo-Scandinavian design. The hooked tag has a trefoil head plate with debased ringerike style decoration. A raised zoonmorphic terminal projects from beneath the head, terminating in a hook that curves back towards the reverse of the object, which is plain and undecorated. There are two iron rivets arranged longitudinally down the head plate. Similar objects have been recorded on this database and are descirbed as possible horse harness fittings or sword belt hangers and mounts. Generally…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: BERK-59C167Z
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked tag or clasp, dating to the Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. The hooked tag is roughly triangular in plan and is made from one thin sheet of copper alloy; the one piece tag would have had two eyelets (one is now broken) at one end and a simple tapering hook at the other; this is also missing. There is a thin incised line as decoration around the outher edge of the tag limited to one face only. These are some of the earliest hooked tags and date from the 7th century and throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, becoming more elaborate as time goes on. Read (2008…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-266C62
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy hooked tag. It has a broadly rectangular body with stepped neck into a sharp curved hook that has a rectangular cross-section. There is an open sub-rectangular area towards the top of the main body where the tag would have been attached (probably sewn) to clothing, a bag or similar. The front of the tag is decorated with neatly spaced multiple punched annulets over the body and down onto the neck. The reverse is undecorated. The hooked tag is complete and in very good condition. From its lightweight construction and punched decoration, the tag probably dates to the e…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2012
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Record ID: BERK-25F9D1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hooked tag, dating to the early medieval period (c. AD 800-1100). The tag has a sub-circular head with rectangular pin shank projecting from one side, although this is now missing its hooked end. There are two attachment holes in the head which would have enabled the tag to be sewn to clothing garments. Read (2008) Class A Type 2.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2011
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