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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: BERK-841F58
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A large and complete iron rotary key of medieval date. The key has an oval bow and a shank that narrows above the bit, in the same fashion as examples illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1998:118). The bit has three elements, a straight central bar flanked by two bars with symmetrical double clefts. The tip of the shank tapers to a rounded terminal. This key is in very good condition and is likely to have been dislodged from a primary context by ploughing; the similar examples in Egan and Pritchard are dated from c. AD 1270-1400.
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This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 137.4 mm
Width: 41.6 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 74.3 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2015.055
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Haddenham area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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