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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy key. The fragment is 38.7mm long and consists of most of the bow, a moulded collar and a short part of the solid stem. The bow is a flat lozenge shape, 31.4mm across the remaining diagonal and approx 5mm thick, with a circular internal hole. The corner opposite the stem has broken away. This break does not appear to be recent. The bow as a whole is bent slightly out of alignment fron the stem. The collar is formed from 2 moulded rings either side of a larger bulge, all around the stem, separated by small grooves. The stem is rounded in section but flattened along the sides (along the axis of the bow), 7.4mm wide and 9.2mm high. The break appears to be recent. The whole has a fine green patina on the surface, apart from the break in the stem.
The key is probably medieval in date. | Subjects: | Rotary | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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