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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NLM-E26DF0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy key. Cast rotary key, probably for a casket. A bit with a single cleft in its front and back edges is set at the slightly expanded end of an oval section stem which meets an oval bow at its narrower end. The end of the stem is hollow to a depth of 2.3mm. Smoothed by heavy wear. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400.
Length: 39.0mm, Height (at bit): 12mm, Thickness: 4.2mm, Weight: 5.47gms.
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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Height: 12 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 5.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25842a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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