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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: BH-80F272
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy casket key, dating from the Medieval period.
The bow is sub-oval in plan, of oval cross section and, because of wear, narrower at the top. There is no collar separating the bow from the stem, the latter of which is of flattened-oval section and widens towards a hollow tip. The C-shaped bit is set on the underside of the tip.
Length: 37.7mm; height: 13.2mm; thickness/width: 4.5mm. Weight: 5.56g.
Several similar casket keys were found in excavations in Winchester, in layers dating from the 12th to 14th centuries (Goodall, in Biddle 1990: 1024-1036).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.7 mm
Height: 13.2 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 5.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/20 - 108
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Ellesborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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