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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: LVPL-532504
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy casket key dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The object consists of an incomplete circular bow, stem and bit. The stem is hollow and is oval in cross-section. The bit has two worn clefts one on either side resulting in one long simple ward. The ward measures 8.55mm in width and 4.46mm in length. File marks are visible on one face on the base of the bow where the patina remains. The object has a dark brownish green patina.
Similar examples can be found on p72, Read, (2001). The object can be dated from the late 12th to the early 14th century.
Class: Casket
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.91 mm
Width: 12.47 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder reference 16
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Huxley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 |
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