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Record ID: NMS-B2E183
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1350. Roughly cut from a sheet of copper alloy. Oval bow with an off-centre oval aperture which has a break on one side. The shank tapers along its length, terminating in a projecting pin and a simple rectangular bit set at right-angles to the shank. See: Read, B, 2017, p. 72, no. 543.
Created on: Monday 8th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-50CC8B
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1400. The bow is lozengiform with a flat knop at the apex engraved on both faces with two transverse grooves and two flat side knops. The junction between the bow and shank has a flat, expanded collar. The shank tapers to a projecting pin and has a simple trapezoidal bit projecting from one side. Keys of similar form have been recorded from excavated contexts dating to the 12th - 14th century in Winchester (Biddle 1990: 1024-1036).
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Pickenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-91F655
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1500. The bow and upper shank are missing. The remaining portion of shank is hollow, with old breaks along one long edge. Projecting from one side are two narrowed channels, each expanding into a toothed bit.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-55E0D4
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval key dating to the period c. AD 1250 - 1450. Incomplete circular bow with two worn breaks at the top. Cylindrical stem and simple trapezoidal bit projecting from one side. See: Read, 2017, p. 72, no. 544.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-4AACBE
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy key of Ward-Perkins' (1940) Type II dating to the period c. AD 1050 - 1300. Formed from a single piece of sheet metal, the bow is oval, with an off-centre aperture and exhibits traces of filing. The shank is rolled, with a roughly longitudinal seam. The crude bit projects from one side and has two chisel-cut wards. See: Ward-Perkins, J.B, 1940, p. 136 & pl. XXX, nos. 21 - 23.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-38F889
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy key of Ward-Perkins (1940) Type VI dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1500. Lozenge-shaped bow with a knop at the apex. There is a moulded collar engraved with cross-hatched lines, now worn in places. The hollow shank is cylindrical and terminates in a worn break. Projecting from one side are two narrowed channels, each expanding into a bit with four wards. See: Ward-Perkins, J.B, 1940, P. 140 - 141.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 4th May 2019
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Record ID: NMS-B58A67
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon - medieval copper alloy key of Ward-Perkins' (1940) Type IB and Goodall's type 2, dating to the period c. AD 900 - 1150. Incomplete looped or circular bow tapering into a square shank, bored at the end. The rectangular bit projects on one side, terminating in old breaks around the edge. See: Ward-Perkins, J.B, 1940, p. 134, fig. 42. I A & B.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-C572C1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. c. AD 1300 - 1450. The bow is in the form of an openwork quatrefoil with a moulded circumferential collar at the junction between bow and shank. The shank is cylindrical and hollow, the interior now filled with earth and corrosion product. The channel expands into an incomplete bit, the surviving section comprising four wards arranged in two opposing pairs. It terminates in an old break. Ward Perkins (1940) considered a hollow shank to be indicative of a casket or chest key (Egan 1998, p.111).
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-0A74DA
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1500. The hollow, cylindrical shank exhibits an old break at the top with a moulded collar directly below. The bit projects at right angles from the shank. It exhibits a deep cleft, dividing the bit into two opposed parts, each with two horizontal channels and one vertical channel running along the outer edge.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-81A655
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy rotary key dating to the period c. AD 1250 - 1400. The shank is hollow, terminating in an old break at either end and of variable thickness (max. 3.2mm, min. 1mm). The bit is complex, consisting of three wards, one sigle and one double, both of which exhibit a channel running parallel to the shank. All three wards are closed loops. A small corpus of keys of similar form, with an almost exclusively Norfolk distribution is discussed by Rogerson & Ashley in Medieval Archaeology, 2012, p. 317, however, due to the absence of the bow, it cannot be confirm…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-4FCB36
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1450. The bow is in the form of an openwork quatrefoil with a moulded circumferential collar at the junction between bow and shank. The shank is cylindrical, hollow, the walls of uneven thickness (maximum: 3mm, minimum: 1.1mm). It terminates in an old break. Ward Perkins (1940) considered a hollow shank to be indicative of a casket or chest key (Egan 1998, p.111).
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Record ID: NMS-D6A2B4
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy casket key dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1350. A circular bow with oval-sectioned stem, terminating in a hollowed aperture and the trapezoidal bit projecting from one side. Similar examples are discussed by Read (2016), p. 72 & 77, nos. 544 - 551.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: NMS-53C701
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1150 - 1400. It exhibits a circular bow, a hollow shank and simple rectangular bit, now heavily worn. See: Read, B, 2016, p. 72, nos. 544 - 547.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
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Record ID: NMS-53B32C
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1150 - 1400. It exhibits an incomplete circular bow, a solid shank with a projecting pin and simple trapezoidal bit. See: Read, B, 2016, p. 72, nos. 536 & 537.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-C6A586
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1250 - 1450. Only the tip of the shank and the bit survive. The shank is oval and hollow, now filled with soil. The bit projects from one side and comprises two wards divided by a central cleft. Similar examples are discussed by Read, B, 2017, p. 66 & 72.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-C4B08D
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval key dating to the period c. AD 1250 - 1450. The bow is largely missing due to old damage, but appears to have originally been oval in shape. The junction between the bow and stem exhibits a slightly ridged collar. The stem is square in cross-section, hollow and now filled with soil. The toothed bit projects from one side of the the stem on the end of a square-sectioned channel. It exhibits three wards. Similar examples are discussed by Read, B, 2017, p. 66 & 72.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-F9FC0E
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1400. It exhibits a trapezoidal bow with oval aperture and shoulders at the junction with the hollow shank. There is a hole 22.2mm long in the side of the shank, likely caused by post-depositional damage. The bit is on the same plane as the bow and projects from the end of the shank at a right angle. File marks cover much of the object.
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-D0C5E0
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy key dating to the period c. AD 1050 - 1350. It exhibits a lozengiform bow with knops projecting from three of the corners. The topmost exhibits an engraved transverse line; the side knops are foliate. The stem projects from the fourth corner, with a slight collar visible at the junction. It then tapers to a worn break. Projecting from one side of the stem is the incomplete toothed bit, also terminating in a worn break. See: Goodall, I.H., 1990 'Locks and Keys' in Biddle, M. 1990 Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester Clarendon Press: Oxford Marge…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: NMS-4F9A3B
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy casket key dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1400. It has an oval bow. The shank is oval in cross-section and has a raised collar at the junction with the bow. The bit of the key consists of two simple rectangular projections on one side of the shank. On the opposite side of the shank are a series of four transverse grooves. The narrowed pin projects from the end of the shank and terminates in a worn break. Similar examples recorded on the PAS database include: BUC-127B51 & PUBLIC-03953F.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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