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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NMS-95C0D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy rotary key with twin internal projections in a kidney-shaped bow, triple ribbed moulding at the top of a solid shank, and a simple bit. Length 32.6mm. Width of bow 16.3mm. Cf. Read 2001, 67-8, fig. 47 nos. 564-7. Mid 16th - 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.6 mm
Width: 16.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd December 2016 - Friday 9th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62146
Other reference: ECKC062017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9895
Four figure Latitude: 52.51690211
Four figure longitude: 0.91670922
1:25K map: TL9895
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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