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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NLM6082
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Very large corroded Iron key for a one sided lock.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1540
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 144.4 mm
Width: 38 mm
Weight: 92 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM3472
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: HUMBERSIDE EPWORTH
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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