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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: HAMP-CCBD40
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval copper-alloy casket key with an L-shaped bit.
Notes:
This find was recorded at a rally and therefore the identification and photograph may not be of our usual standard.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.3 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Weight: 4.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th September 2015 - Sunday 20th September 2015
Rally details.
This object was found at Danebury Midweek Searchers Rally 18-20 Sept 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 16
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3137
Four figure Latitude: 51.13144249
Four figure longitude: -1.55835116
1:25K map: SU3137
1:10K map: SU33NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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