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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NLM-20CE80
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy key. Cast rotary key with a hollow stem - revealed by damage to continue hollow for almost its full extent - with a collar and rounded moulding which separates stem from a possibly rhomboid bow with knops on its external angles. The rectangular bit has clefts in the front and back, and is divided into two wards by another; the clefts are all rounded at their inner ends as if heavily worn or even drilled. Bent, with a longitudinal gash in the stem, part of bow lost. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1400-1600.
Length: 97.2mm, Height: 41.2mm, Diameter (stem): 9.1mm, Weight: 36.66gms.
Class: London type VI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 97.2 mm
Height: 41.2 mm
Weight: 36.66 g
Diameter: 9.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26608a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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