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Description: | Small copper-alloy key with a simple lozenge-shaped bow, an oval-section stem that projects beyond the bit and then narrows sharply to give a thin pointed end, and an uncut bit. From the evidence of larger keys found at Winchester the lozenge bow is characteristic of the 11th to 14th centuries. The narrowed pointed stem is found on Winchester type 8 keys, which are known from contexts from the 12th century to modern times. This key is of course much smaller, but on balance it is likely to be medieval, and perhaps more likely to be 14th-century than 11th-century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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