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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NARC-D42DA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The bezel, or tooth, fragment of a cast copper alloy Ring Key of Roman date. The key is square with a rectangular slot with a horizontal groove above and below. The ring frame is 2.5mm wide and approximately 20mm in diameter. The bezel/bit is 15mm wide and 13mm high.
Class:
ring key
Sub class: Guiraud type 5b
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Diameter: 20 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Podington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9462
Four figure Latitude: 52.248161
Four figure longitude: -0.624547
1:25K map: SP9462
1:10K map: SP96SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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