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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NLM-528BD5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy key. Cast rotary key with a loop (now lost) and collared end to its hollow stem. A rectangular with a single cleft bit bears a pair of longitudinal grooves on either side, though these are now so worn as to make it uncertain that they were functional rather than decorative. Very worn, with part of stem lost exposing its hollow centre. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1400.
Length: 66.2mm, Height (at bit): 18.0mm. Diameter (stem, clear of collar): 8mm, Thickness (of stem, at break): 1.8mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 24.85gms.
Class: Rotary
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 66.2 mm
Height: 18 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 24.85 g
Diameter: 8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20739a
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: Middle Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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