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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: SUR-58AF74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Medieval copper alloy rotary key of Ward-Perkins' London type VI, dating to circa AD 1100-1500, which has lost its bow. The stem is cylindrical with a sub-rounded cross-section of 10.2mm diameter, and has a hollow end at the bit. The bit projects and is cylindrical and complex with (originally) three or four hooped projections.
Class: London type VI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Finder applying for an export licence
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.7 mm
Height: 22.6 mm
Width: 10.1 mm
Weight: 33.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th September 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Leckhampstead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7236
Four figure Latitude: 52.01776164
Four figure longitude: -0.95222268
1:25K map: SP7236
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Perkins, J.B. | 1940 | The London Museum Medieval Catalogue | London | HMSO |
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