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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: DENO-7574B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper alloy key. Lozenge shaped loop with a rounded knop at the left, right and upper angles, and a constriction at the centre of each side producing a quatrefoil-shaped void in the centre. The shaft extends from the lower angle of the lozenge. There is a triple moulded collar at the junction of the shaft and the loop. The shaft is hollow, sub-circular in section, flattened on the top and bottom with a simple bit of two square-sectioned projections at the end. Fine green-brown patina with some damage revealing a light green surface. Length 91.7mm, width across loop 39.00mm, width across shaft 10.0mm, width across bit 20.61mm, thickness of loop c.4.5mm, thickness of shaft 10.0mm, thickness of bit 6.62mm, weight 54.39g.
Class: London type VI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 91.7 mm
Width: 39 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 54.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007 - Saturday 21st July 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E 5800
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Besthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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