Record ID: NLM-97C5F1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy key fragment. Circular bit of a slide key, probably for a barrel padlock with an elongated T-shaped slot (Ottaway and Rogers 2002, fig. 1444). The bit features two rectangular slots set at right angles to each other; a straight round-section shank is broken. Suggested date: Medieval, 1100-1300. Length: 43.31mm, Diameter of bit: 21.06mm, Thickness (shank): 5.18mm, Weight: 6.25gms.
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-974FE7
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy key dating from the Medieval period. The bow is lozenge-shaped with rounded knops on the corners. Each knop has a central circular depression on both faces. The stem is wide and rectangular in section. It is decorated with transverse grooves near the bow. There is a deep notch from the front edge of the key, dividing the stem into the part from which the bit depends, and a plain square sectioned bar. The bit has three wards on the front edge and two on the back and s complex in shape. The key has a length of 62.60mm, width 34.97mm, thickness 5.07mm, weight 27.63g. There…
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-922FC3
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron T-shaped lift key from a Roman tumbler lock. The key is of the form numbered '1' in Manning's (1985, 91; fig. 25) typology:the stem is rectangular in cross-section andterminates with an achor-shaped bit with a single tooth on either side of the stem. The suspension loop at the top is missing. A wide Roman date has been given since such keys have emerged from different archaeological contexts and because the form is an enduring one (see below, 'Notes').
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington Area', grid reference and parish protected.