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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: SWYOR-41A593
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy medieval key of which only the bit survives. The shank is circular in section and hollow (a pipe key). There is a deep cleft in the leading edge of the bit, with a groove parallel to it but further away from the shank. There are four wards along the outer edge of the bit. The key has a grey green patina and the break is slightly patinated.
Class: London type VI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.8 mm
Width: 26.9 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 15.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Monday 8th November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1298
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Healaugh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4947
Four figure Latitude: 53.916836
Four figure longitude: -1.255462
1:25K map: SE4947
1:10K map: SE44NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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