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Description: | Mediaeval bronze rotary key of comparatively plain type, overall 67mm long including a circular ring(for suspension etc)22mm in diameter. The outline of the ring is irregular, but it is unclear whether that is owing to corrosion or if the result of intentional decorative casting. The shaft or barrel of the key has been hollow at the tip, presumably to fit over a pin in the lock. The operative, cut plate of the key is a single thickness of metal about 2mm thick and some 18mm square. There is a cross-shaped cutout at the front, open to the fore-edge, and there is a deep notch rising vertically at the back of the plate. There is also a slight indentation on the upper nearside of the edhe, just below the shaft. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1100
1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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