Rights Holder: Oxfordshire County Council
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Unique ID: BERK-099715
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy casket key dating to the medieval period. The key has a lozenge shaped bow with drilled aperture, a solid oval section stem, and a simple rectangular bit with one cleft in its front edge, below a pointed end to the stem. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.5 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Other reference: 2014.090
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SU3974
Four figure Latitude: 51.46363512
Four figure longitude: -1.4399954
1:25K map: SU3974
1:10K map: SU37SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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