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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: YORYM1783

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

A ring shaped head with slight keeling at sides and sub ovoid section, shank fat, flaring towards ward end, circular in section, solid shank, no wards present, damaged in antiquity, v even dull olive patina.

Notes:

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Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.3 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 1999

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YORYM:E02438

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: LINCOLNSHIRE FILLINGHAM

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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