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LANCUM-EEA2D7: Ribble Valley, Lancs.: Key

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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: LANCUM-EEA2D7

Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast cu-alloy key, half of the bow missing, shank and teeth intact. It is a crude cast with half the open-work quatrefoil head broken off, irregular tubular shank and crude teeth.

It probably was a door or chest key.

Class: London type VI

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 74 mm
Width: 22 mm
Weight: 35.84 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990 - Monday 1st January 1996

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Clitheroe (Civil Parish)

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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