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Description: | A copper-alloy incomplete rotary key, most of the bow is now missing due to an old break. This key measures 34mm in surviving length. The bow appears to have been oval/tear-shaped originally, it is flat. The stem has an oval cross-section and is 7mm in width, it may be partially hollow as there is an indentation now filled with compacted soil at the bit end. The bit projects from the underside of the stem at right angles, it is roughly rectangular in shape its teeth and probably incomplete/ missing due to old breaks, now very worn. This key is most likely to be medieval in date.
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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