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TAP KEY
Unique ID: NMS-DD06F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy tap key, horizontal cylinder for insertion into a tap or spigot (length 56mm), slightly narrowed upper end with traces of concentric turning lines and a flange (diam.20mm) at base separating it from the slightly tapering body (diam.16mm) which is broken across a transverse perforation in the foot, terminal missing. Weight 76.82g. 16th - 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1540
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56 mm
Weight: 76.82 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd April 2015 - Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 42590
Other reference: ENMD052015
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Acle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3809
Four figure Latitude: 52.62654335
Four figure longitude: 1.51517385
1:25K map: TG3809
1:10K map: TG30NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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