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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: LEIC-73E52E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy rotary key terminal, 29mm long, 22mm wide and 3mm thick and weighing 4.99 grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a lozenge shaped terminal which has four small circular holes arranged in a cross formation and sub rectangular projections at 3 and 6 o clock. Below this the object has a slight raised collar on one face, above the remains of a rectangular shaft.
Keys of this type are dated to the twelveth to fifteenth centuries, c.1150-1400. Similar examples which have been recorded on the database are LVPL-EFED18, LVPL-6403E7, LVPL-FB0E7B, DENO-2EA0E4, DENO-7B5DBA, DENO-E54984 and LVPL-9502D3.
Class: Lozenge bow circle type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.99 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Whitwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9108
Four figure Latitude: 52.66209202
Four figure longitude: -0.65594873
1:25K map: SK9108
1:10K map: SK90NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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