DUR-8A33E6: medieval key bow- DUR-8A33E6

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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: DUR-8A33E6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy bow of an Early-Medieval key, c.900-1100.

The bow would have been sub-circular in plan but large sections of it are missing. It had an openwork design and small rounded knops on the outer edge, only one of which now remains. The actual design of the openwork is not clear due to breaks but there is a circular hole below the one remaining knop.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 17.6 g
Diameter: 40.9 mm

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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: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Helperby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4369
Four figure Latitude: 54.115082
Four figure longitude: -1.343702
1:25K map: SE4369
1:10K map: SE46NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: DUR
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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