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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NMS-43DD71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy rotary key with twin internal projections in a kidney-shaped bow, triple ribbed moulding at the top of a solid shank, and a simple bit. Length 30mm. Width of bow 15mm. Cf. Read 2001, 67-8, fig. 47 nos. 564-7. Mid 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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th February 2015 - Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 2919
Other reference: AMD052017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: North Elmham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9721
Four figure Latitude: 52.75069536
Four figure longitude: 0.91748956
1:25K map: TF9721
1:10K map: TF92SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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