Record ID: IOW-FD2770
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval rotary key, c.AD 1200-1400. This is a key for casket, formed with lozengiform bow, hollow shank and an incomplete bit. The rotary bit has completely broken off.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-0B312C
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rotary key of uncertain date, possibly Roman or medieval The cast key is incomplete, missing the bit (with a surviving length of 87.5mm and a weight of 32.2g). The bow is circular (19.3mm diameter external and 12.3mm internal) and of sub-triangular section (4.6mm wide and 2.3mm – 3.5mm thick), with a mid-ridge on the interior. The bow is somewhat worn, particularly around the top possibly from suspension. The collar moulding is rectangular-sectioned (10.0mm wide and 6.0mm thick) and comparatively long (at 13.2mm) decorated on each face with a central wide rounded g…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7062A5
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval rotary key, probably from a casket or similar The cast key is complete (with a length of 42.6mm and a weight of 2.9g). The bow is of open lozenge form and of rectangular section (16mm long, 13.9mm wide and 1.3mm – 2.0mm thick). The frame of the bow is of variable width (1.6mm – 4.1mm) from manufacture rather than wear. The top of the stem is marked by a worn rounded moulding, flanked by a groove. The stem is oval sectioned (3.8mm x 2.6m). The bit is solid (5.3mm deep, 6.5mm wide and 1.8mm thick) with a single shallow cleft at the front above a narrow…
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: DUR-53B3A3
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast copper alloy rotary key of Medieval date (c.AD 1200- 1400). The key has a circular bow with a large aperture. The shank is hollow, oval-sectioned (probably drilled as no seams can be seen to indicate folding) and widens slightly towards the collar at the shoulders. The opening of the shank has some damage. The bit is simple in form with only two asymmetrical horizontal clefts on one side. It measures 98.67mm and weighs 38.7g. The key broadly fits War Perkins (1940, 136-7) Type III criteria: more solid construction, with welded bit and open shank. Egan (1998, …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9B2F55
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large Medieval cast copper alloy rotary key, probably originally for a door or large chest. An oval shaped openwork bow with a suspension loop on the top of the bow, into which remains a copper alloy oval ring for hanging onto a belt or key ring. There are two symmetrical knops within the bow with incised decoration on. There is a small collar at the junction of the bow and the shaft, with the remains of incised decoration. A rectangular bit with three clefts; solid shank with bored end. The bit also has some incised decoration. The shank widens from the bow towards the bit but withou…
Created on: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
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Record ID: NMS-133225
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval rotary casket key. Circular bow with a very worn end to the loop. The stem is solid and oval in section with a collar between it and the loop of the bow. Rectangular bit with a cleft to the front and back. Circa 1200-1450 AD. Length 38mm, width at bow 13.3mm, weight 3.00g.
Created on: Monday 26th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th December 2016
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Record ID: IARCH-14F025
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Key for a rotary lock. 2001,0801.8. L 4cm
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Itteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-47E4BE
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy rotary key probably from 13th to 17th century date The key is incomplete, missing the bow (with a surviving length of 72.5mm and a weight of 24.7g). The bow is incomplete but is likely to have been of circular to oval form (with a surviving width of 9.6mm) and appears to have been of triangular section. There is a V-shaped moulding at the base of the bow. The shank is of faceted oval section, becoming D-shaped at the tip (7.6mm x 8.7mm below the bow and 4.1mm x 5.0mm at the tip). The end of the shank is solid. The bit has two clefts on each si…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-FE112C
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy rotary key probably from 13th to 17th century date The key is incomplete, missing the bow and is corroded (with a surviving length of 29.5mm and a weight of 3.4g). The bow is incomplete but was likely to have been of circular to oval form (with a surviving width of 9.6mm). There is the suggestion of a moulding discernible on one side of the top of the shank but is now heavily-corroded. The shank is of irregular sub-circular section, being narrower on the mid-shank (4.0mm x 2.9mm) and wider at the bit (with a diameter of 4.4mm). The end of the …
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NCL-976DD3
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy casket key of the Medieval period. The key has a circular loop and a thick stem of circular section and an incomplete hollow tip. The bit is incomplete and worn, but appears to have been triangular in profile.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-C7D5D1
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval casket key with a circular handle and an oval-sectioned, hollow, stem. The ward has two notches.
Created on: Sunday 24th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-C7CE03
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval casket key with a circular handle and an oval-sectioned, hollow, stem. The ward is notched.
Created on: Sunday 24th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-9DF934
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy rotary key, 13th-14th century. Lozenge-shaped shouldered bow, oval-sectioned shank, rectangular bit with single square cleft in the outer edge, narrowed pointed pin in end of shank (length 3.3mm). File marks on the bit and bow. Mid blue-green patina. The shank is slight bent towards the loop end. Length 38.0mm, width across bow 12.7mm, thickness of bow 2.4mm, length of bit and shank 11.7mm, width of bit 8.0mm, min thickness of bit (at end) 1.5mm, max thickness (across end of shank), weight 3.64g. See Egan 1998 ('The Medieval Household', HMSO) p.111-113 for…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-99C865
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy casket key of the Medieval period. The key has a circular loop with a stem of circular section terminating with a hollow tip. The underside of the stem has a rectangular bit with a small portion projecting forwards and a linear groove across its breadth near the bottom edge.
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-D194C5
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy casket key of post-Medieval date. The key has a solid stem and simple bit. Length 33.71mm, width 11.91mm and weight 4.3g.
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Record ID: SUR-CB7C32
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An open trefoil handle, probably from a rotary key. The shank is oval in section and has a swelling at the junction with the handle. The purpose of the apparent rectangular notch at the break is unclear.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-FE08A7
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A simple, plain, medieval copper alloy casket key with a circular handle.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-627603
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval rotary key. This object is the remains of the key terminal. The terminal is a sub-lozenge shape in plan with crudely formed open work in the style of a quatrefoil, which is rectangular in section. One of the lobes is broken where the stem of the rotary key would have been.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-651611
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval casket key. The key is plain and crudely cast with a sub-circular handle loop and a rectangular bit.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-548375
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval casket key. The open handle is lozengiform with a rounded knop at the three angles. The shaft is decorated on at least one side with engraved saltires. There are two rounded collars between the handle and the shaft.
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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