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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: SUR-BA3AA6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy plain casket key with a tapering stem and a T-shaped ward.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.7 mm
Weight: 3.45 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 13-1064
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Belchamp Walter (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8240
Four figure Latitude: 52.02854624
Four figure longitude: 0.65153511
1:25K map: TL8240
1:10K map: TL84SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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