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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: SUR-213DCA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small copper alloy casket key, 42.3mm in length, with a rounded bow with a collar, a shank of flattened sub rectangular cross-section with a pointed end and a simple bit with two small clefts. The surface shows signs of having been tinned. Circa late 12th-14th century.
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.3 mm
Height: 17.5 mm
Width: 3.1 mm
Weight: 4.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th January 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cherhill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0370
Four figure Latitude: 51.4289975
Four figure longitude: -1.95823804
1:25K map: SU0370
1:10K map: SU07SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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