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Description: | A plain, cast copper-alloy medieval door- or chest-key of Ward Perkins (1940, 134-135) Type 1A. The key has a slightly irregular loop-shaped bow - 2.85mm thick at its end, growing to 6.05mm at its moulded junction with the stem. The bow is 27.4mm in length and attains a maximum width of 18.6mm. The stem is short (at 15.3mm) and has a sub-square cross-section. It appears to be largely solid, with a circular hole at the bit end; this hole contains iron corrosion product residue. The bit has an L-shaped cross-section, with a pair of short wards perpendicular to the body of the bit. The bit also features a central perforation in the shape of a rectangle with rounded corners. The artefact has an even, dark green patina. Ward-Perkins (1940, 134) describes such keys as 'a pre-Conquest form which continued in [its] use'. An 11th/12th century date has therefore been attributed to this artefact. This key is of the same type as another Hampshire find recorded on this database: PAS ref. | 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: | 1000
1200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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