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Record ID: NMS-A3BE37
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy rotary key, bow, end of hollow, drilled shank and half of elaborate asymmetrical bit missing. The shank, whose hollow is filled with ferrous concreted soil, is of sub-square cross-section and collared. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 313. Extant length 65mm. The bit projects 15mm from the shank. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A29E34
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy rotary key with twin internal projections in the kidney-shaped bow, a triple ribbed moulding at the top of the solid shank, and a simple bit. Cf. Read 2001, 67, fig.47, nos. 564-6. Length 38mm. Width of bow 17.5mm. c.1550 - c.1700 AD.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.