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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: SWYOR-BAAD16

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete copper alloy key of Medieval date (AD 1150-1500). The bow is complete with integral double moulding on the outer, upper portion. The neck of the key tapers in below the bow and out into a circular circumferentially running moulded neck. The shank is sub-cylindrical with a rectangular cross section. The bit is in two parts, the upper being the smaller of the two is double warded along the left hand edge of the bit. The lower bit is double warded along the upper portion of the bit, the second of these is double warded to the right of the object. A rectangular void on the reverse of the bit makes each of the lobes hollow.

Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database, Unique ID: WMID-EB92F5

Class: London type VI

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 97.99 mm
Width: 23.98 mm
Thickness: 26.21 mm
Weight: 46.14 g
Diameter: 44.65 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS 2258

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Minting (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF1973
Four figure Latitude: 53.24069836
Four figure longitude: -0.21829927
1:25K map: TF1973
1:10K map: TF17SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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