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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: YORYM-2DC580
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy rotary key of medieval date, c.AD 1150 - 1450. The stem of the key is ovate and hollow with both ends terminating in worn breaks.
A sub-rectangular bit projects from one end of the stem and comprises a rectangular ribbed panel from which three wards with two clefts project. One ward in U-shaped.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The key is 39.3mm long, the stem is 9.6mm in diameter. The bit is 27.5mm wide, 6.9mm thick. The key weighs 20.9g.
Keys of a similar form are illustrated in Egan (2010) p.155, fig.88, no.313.
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 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.3 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 20.9 g
Diameter: 9.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05672
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Sheriff Hutton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6666
Four figure Latitude: 54.08569199
Four figure longitude: -0.99256179
1:25K map: SE6666
1:10K map: SE66NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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