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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: BH-B533B0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete copper-alloy casket key of probable late 12th to early 14th C. AD date (see ref.). The bow is damaged, with approximately two thirds missing. It is oval in section and, originally, would have measured approximately 12mm high by 11mm wide. A moulded collar separates the bow from the stem. The stem is sub-circular in section, hollow, and measures 19.9mm long by 4.7mm high and 3.1mm wide. The bit has a single ward and cleft and a horizontal channel at the top. Overall, the object measures 32mm long and weighs 3.18g.

Class: Casket

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1325

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 12 mm
Weight: 3.18 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th January 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ver entry no. 04/12 - 4

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Pirton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: with finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	72

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Recording Institution: BH
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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