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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NMS-A6116A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy rotary key with twin internal projections in a kidney-shaped bow, a triple ribbed moulding at the top of a solid shank, and a simple bit. Length 36mm. Width of bow 17mm. Cf. Read 2001, 67-8, fig. 47 nos. 564-7. c.1550 - c.1700.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 50182
Other reference: E14435
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: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Bodham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1139
Four figure Latitude: 52.90698433
Four figure longitude: 1.13622402
1:25K map: TG1139
1:10K map: TG13NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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