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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: SOM-1DBB01
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy key of probable early post-medieval date. It has a kidney-shaped bow with two internal projections opposite the connection with the shank. A solid oval shank with three collars is connected with the bow. The central collar is a barrel moulding while those flanking it are smaller. The shank has suffered an old break before the bit. It is 49.0mm long, 27.7mm wide and 8.23mm thick; a weight was not made on the day. Several similar keys are illustrated in Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 67-8, 73, fig. 47).
Notes:
This item was recorded at a rally and therefore the description and in particular photograph is likely to be below our usual standards.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 27.7 mm
Thickness: 8.25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at EDMC, North Curry, 29 Jan 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally ticket 480
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: North Curry (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3125
Four figure Latitude: 51.020215
Four figure longitude: -2.985116
1:25K map: ST3125
1:10K map: ST32NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 67-68, 73 | 47 |
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