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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NLM-454CDB
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy probable key fragment. An object comprising two elements: a narrower solid round-section bar, angled sharply and with a knop at its external angle, here taken to be the lozengiform bow; and a broader rounded element whose narrower end is hollowed to a depth of c.5mm, the stem. There is a substantial rounded collar at the junction of stem and bow. The object is probably broken at both its ends. A medieval date is likely, and it could be assigned to London type VI, probably late 13th to 15th century.
Length: 40.8mm, Height: 30mm, Thickness: 9.6mm, Weight: 12.79g.
Class: London type VI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.8 mm
Height: 30 mm
Thickness: 9.6 mm
Weight: 12.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39223
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Claxby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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