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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: DEV-83C095

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman copper alloy key handle. The key is of the trilobate type with a globular terminal; the shank is rectangular in section. Similar Roman key handles have been dated to after 150 AD. See reference below for a similar example found in Exeter.

Notes:

Recorded at Fabulous Finds Day, Exeter Guildhall, April 2010.

Class: Handle

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 61 mm
Width: 44 mm
Thickness: 9 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Teignbridge (District)
Parish or ward: Bickington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SX8171
Four figure Latitude: 50.526643
Four figure longitude: -3.680221
1:25K map: SX8171
1:10K map: SX81NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Whilst metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Holbrook, N. and Bidwell, P.T.	1991	Roman Finds from Exeter	Exeter City Council	Exeter Archaeological Reports: 4	254 - 255	fig 115, no 92

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Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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