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Unique ID: NLM-E9CCBC
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy key fragment. Cast stem and rectangular bit of a rotary key. The stem is facetted and of octagonal section, and expends very slightly in its diameter between bow [lost] and bit. The bit itself has two deep and two shallow channels along either side, staggered in their arrangement so that a channel on one side is parallel to a plain flat zone on the other, and with two clefts in its lower edge and one in its front edge. The end of the stem is hollow, a characteristic thought to indicate a key for a chest rather than a door, to be used in a lock approached from one side only. The surface may bear traces of a black coating of oil or lacquer. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1450.
Length: 51.1mm, Height: 22.2mm, Diameter (stem): 9.3mm, Weight: 33.50gms
Class: London type VI
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.1 mm
Height: 22.2 mm
Weight: 33.5 g
Diameter: 9.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th February 2018
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Other reference: NLM38719
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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