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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: SUR-91A05C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval cast copper alloy key for a barrel padlock. The key has an H-shaped terminal, the shank is flat and of strip form and the opposite end terminates in a circular suspension loop. Such keys are thought to date to c1100-1300. See eg SWYOR-429A57.

A number of similar keys are illustrated in Ottaway and Rogers, 2002, Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds from Medieval York, figure 1453.

Class: Winchester type B

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44.03 mm
Width: 5.58 mm
Weight: 2.27 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 14-877

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Guildford (District)
Parish or ward: Shere (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ0747
Four figure Latitude: 51.21219009
Four figure longitude: -0.46951302
1:25K map: TQ0747
1:10K map: TQ04NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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