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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NMS-3F5F70
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy casket key in battered condition, with circular bow, simple bit with one cleft and hollow-ended (and slightly twisted) shank. Bow diameter 10.5mm. Length 34mm. c.1150 - c.1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Friday 20th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53879
Other reference: PM042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Aylsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2026
Four figure Latitude: 52.78670666
Four figure longitude: 1.26106342
1:25K map: TG2026
1:10K map: TG22NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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