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KEY (WINDING)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A93F0B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Key. Cast Barrel tap Key with an oval bow with two apertures, a round section stem and a cylindrical hollow-ended bit with a square aperture. The bow is narrower than the stem and the bit wider than both. The bow is decorative with a design suggesting three continuous loops, two forming the lobes of bow and the third smaller loop not perforated and joining the bow to the stem. There are small knops to the extremity of each of the bow loops, and a larger knop at the top of the bow where the two loops come together at the centre. The surface is brown with a green patina around the bit, and a slight reddish patina on part of the bow. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 47mm, Width (at bow): 27mm, Thickness (at bit): 9mm, Weight: 18.1gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 27 mm
Weight: 18.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Osbournby area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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