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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: LIN-D7E674
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a medieval or post-medieval copper-alloy key. Only part of the bit remains. The bit is right angled and notched.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Lissington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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