Record ID: SOM-A1051D
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy casket key dating from the late 12th to early 14th century. It has a lozenge shaped bow with a circular cnetral hole and a solid oval cross sectioned shank with a projecting pin at the end. There is a slight expanded knop on both faces of the shank at the junction with the bow. The bit is solid and broadly rectangular in form with an indent in the side closer to the terminal. The key measures 32.79mm in length, 9.70mm in width at the bow, 1.55mm in thickness and weighs 1.88g. A similar example can be found in Read (2001:72) no. 558 which he dates to the late …
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-47FF61
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small medieval copper alloy rotary key, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1500. The key has a sub-circular shank with a hollow end which has a worn and possibly broken terminal at the bit. The bit itself has two vertical projections, one of which curves outwards 90 degrees at the end, the other having an old break before the end. The shoulders are expanded into a collar, behind which the key is cast into a lozengiform bow, with a three lobed knop at each angle. Dimensions: length 47.28mm; width 24.09mm; thickness 7.42mm; weight 21.24g. Egan (1998: 111, nos. 294-298) publishes a nu…
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland-Tout-Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-825C57
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy key for a small lock, probably on a casket dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1500. The key has an oval bow formed of a loop which thickens on both sides towards the shank. The shank has a broadly oval cross section with flattened sides. There is a simple rectangular bit with a slightly expanded outer edge. The end of the shank has a small indentation. The key is 33.47mm long, the shaft is 20.47mm long, the bow is 12.97mm in diameter, the bit 10.88mm long by 3.99mm wide and the key weighs 3.88g. Egan (1998, p111) comments that small, crude keys with circ…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Beauchamp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-583BC0
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy key, dating to c. AD 150 - 410. The key is incomplete with only the openwork trilobate or 'fleur de lys' handle surviving and part of the shank. The trilobate section of the handle is rectangular in cross section with flat bases. The two outer lobes have thin open stems ending in outward curving circular openwork terminals. The central lobe is unusual, it again has a thin open stem, rising between the other two and widening as the curve outwards. At the top of the outer lobes however two pointed ended branches curve inwards and are joined together by a thin…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-755944
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early-medieval copper-alloy key that has a thick (7mm deep) solid oval bow or handle with a truncated suspension loop at one end. On the opposing end is a rectangular stem with the remains of the bit at its terminal. A ridged collar separates the stem from the bow. See KENT-998C0D for a complete example.
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C06AC8
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper-alloy bow of a rotary key. The bow is lozenge-shaped with a knop on the top corner. The inner side is stepped in several places giving a slightly cruciform shape. The stem of the key is broken just below the a moulding or collar below the bow. The stem is circular in cross-section and probably drilled. There is incised line decorations over both the bow and collar which have been added by hand, it seems to be simple lines deliniating lozenge shapes although it is too worn to be certain. The collar is 9.3 by 8.2 mm thick. The bow of the key is 27.4 mm at its wide…
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.