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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: SWYOR-546ED1
Object type certainty: Certain
A cast copper alloy medieval casket key dating from the 12th to late 14th century AD (Egan et al 1998:111-112). The key has a circular bow, and a shank that is sub-rectangular in plan and circular in section, with a bulbous collar before the bow. The bit is a rectangular tab with a wide cleft in the leading edge. The shank is hollow (although now filled with mud). Similar examples can be seen in Egan et al 1998.
Class: casket
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Exactly AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Length: 39.24 mm
Width: 13.35 mm
Thickness: 5.67 mm
Weight: 5.08 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
Parish: Plompton
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE3654
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Amy Downes
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Identified by: Ms Amy Downes - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1683
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Created:
Friday 10th February 2012
Updated: Friday 10th February 2012
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