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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: WMID-033700
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy key of Medieval date, circa AD1100-1500. The bow is lozenge-shaped with circular knop at the top and bottom. The end of the bow has the remains of a tubular suspension loop. The stem is hollow. The bit is sub rectangular. perhaps incomplete, with a rectangular and a circular hole, as well as two further rectangular clefts. The key is mid green with an even patina. The surface is slightly abraded. Length: 89.23mm. Width: 26.80mm. Thickness: 8.91mm. Weight: 38.7g.
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 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 89.23 mm
Width: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 8.91 mm
Weight: 38.7 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: South Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brewood and Coven (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ8810
Four figure Latitude: 52.687554
Four figure longitude: -2.178962
1:25K map: SJ8810
1:10K map: SJ81SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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