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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: NLM-AE1D8A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy key fragment. Cast bit from a rotary key. The bit was rectangular with a channel on either side and a L-shaped cleft in its front edge, with each side an inverted mirror image of the other. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.

Length: 13mm, Height: 21.0mm, Thickness: 9.8mm, Weight: 10.69gms

Class: Rotary

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 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Height: 21 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 10.691 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM40704

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Low Burnham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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