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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NMS-B422AD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Probably medieval very small rotary key cut from copper alloy sheet (but not folded) with a bow which is heptagonal externally and round internally and a square bit with a rectangular single cleft. Weight 1.1g. Length 20mm. Width 8.8mm. Thickness 1.1mm. Even if this was capable of functioning as a key for a casket or box it may be a toy. No close parallel has been noted. Perhaps 14th - 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 8.8 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2021 - Friday 1st October 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 55367
Other reference: SBJB102021
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: East Walton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7416
Four figure Latitude: 52.7136812
Four figure longitude: 0.574453
1:25K map: TF7416
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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