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KEY (WINDING)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1108A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy key, probably either for a barrel tap or for winding a clockwork mechanism. It has a square sectioned oval bow set at 90 degrees to the shank, which is c8mm in diameter and solid. The terminal at the end of the shank is an 18.7mm long hollow triangular bit with grooved sides and with a square-sectioned flange projecting by 4mm on one side.
The overall length is 64.8mm, the bow is 42.8mm wide by 25.7mm long and it weighs 37.6g.
It is broadly similar in form, and probably in function, to PUBLIC-07BAF1 and DEV-CBBFC1, although this example is a little larger, and it probably dates to between c1700 to c1900 AD.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.8 mm
Width: 42.8 mm
Weight: 37.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th September 2018 - Sunday 30th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Osbaston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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