Record ID: SUSS-4CD26E
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn Medieval (AD 1150-1500) copper-alloy, rotary key. The openwork bow is circular and flat on both faces. It has an outer diameter of 12.4mm with the inner hole of 7.45 mm diameter. The shank is oval and mainly solid but is hollow at the simple bit end where the key is slightly bent. The bit has an indentation on either side of the flat face which is parallel and adjacent to the shaft. The key has a greyish-green patina. The key measures 38.1mm long. The shaft is 23.3mm long. The bow is 12.4mm diameter and 2.4mm thick. The bit is 6mm long and 8.6mm wide. The key…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 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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