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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NCL-502C60
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy (locking) key of Medieval date, c. AD 1200-1500.
The handle of the key has been lost, with evidence for a break at the collar at the end of the shank. The shank itself is rectangular in section with a hollow tip, and an L-shaped bit with four downward pointing clefs.
Class: London type VI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.27 mm
Height: 27.05 mm
Width: 8.38 mm
Thickness: 10.41 mm
Weight: 34.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th April 2014 - Monday 5th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Framwellgate Moor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2846
Four figure Latitude: 54.80809004
Four figure longitude: -1.56589756
1:25K map: NZ2846
1:10K map: NZ24NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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