Record ID: NLM-0D43F2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy key fragment. Ornate cast cruciform bow from a rotary key, broken across a rounded moulding dividing bow from stem; the stem was hollow. Drilled holes appear in the three rounded terminals to the cross arms, and there is a rhomboid aperture which they surround. A slight distortion may hint at bending of the stem before it broke. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900. Length: 48.5mm, Height: 34.1mm, Thickness: 11.1mm, Weight: 20.75gms
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0C6D14
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy casket key of Medieval date, about AD 1100 - 1500. It has a lozenge shaped bow with a circular hole through it, and prohections at the corners; a stem which is oval in cross section and hollow at the bit end, with a collar near the bow; and a simple bit now damaged. It is 41.1mm long, 15.1mm wide and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 3.02gm. Compare SWYOR-0CDF31 and more generally KENT-860B7B which cites Read, B., 2001 Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom Langport : Portcullis Publishing, Fig.45. Also WILT-542C42 not…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-0C4A6B
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy casket key of Medieval date, about AD 1100 - 1500. It has a circular loop at the bow, a stem which is oval in cross section and hollow at the bit end, and a simple T shaped bit with a central cleft in both the leading and back edges. It is 36.9mm long, 13.3mm wide and 4.5mm thick. It weighs 4.19gm. Compare SWYOR-30FC34 and KENT-860B7B which cites Read, B., 2001 Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom Langport : Portcullis Publishing, Fig.45. Also WILT-542C42 notes that "Several examples of similar casket keys…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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