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Description: | 1: A cast in one-piece copper-alloy complete hooked tag 32.6mm in length and 15.7mm in width. The plate has a rectangular loop above it. The plate is oval in shape and decorated with a central indented quatrefoil with a border of small circular perforations. The hook is rectangular in shape, bends backwards sharply and tapers to a sharp point. 2: A cast in one copper-alloy hooked tag, measuring 36.6mm in total length and 17.3mm in width (across the plate). This tag has a rectangular loop above the oval shaped plate. The plate is decorated on its front face with a moulded flower motif with a central protruding boss. The hook is rectangular in shape and incomplete due to an old break. 3: A cast in one copper-alloy hooked tag, measuring 32.7mm in length and 14.8mm in width (across the circular plate). The tag has a rectangular loop above the circular plate, which has a convex front face and a concave back, face and is decorated on its front face with a raised flower motif consisting of three concentric circles of petals. The rectangular shaped hook is incomplete due to an old break. 4: An incomplete cast in one copper-alloy hooked tag. Measuring 26mm in surviving length and 14.5mm in width (across its circular plate). The loop is missing due to an old break. The circular plate is the shape of a five lobed flower with radiating grooves from a central circular perforation. There is a lozenge shaped hole between the base of the plate and the hook. The hook is rectangular in shape and incomplete. 5: An incomplete cast in one copper-alloy hooked tag, only the rectangular loop and the plate of this tag survive the hook is missing due to an old break. The plate and loop measure 19.7mm in length and 18.4mm in width. The plate is rectangular in shape with open work decoration consisting of two parallel oval perforations with a border of small transverse grooves and projecting circular knops. These hooked tags are all early post medieval in date.
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