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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy rotary key of probable Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. It is missing the bit and the tip of the stem due to old breaks. The key has a circular bow that is oval shaped in section and with a projecting globular knop at the outer edge opposite the stem. It has an integrally cast stem that is cylindrical in form and hollow at the bit end, with part of one side of the tip now incomplete due to old breaks. The very top of the integrally cast bit survives intact and is flat, rectangular in form and cast in line with the plane of the loop. The entire object has a green patina that shows signs of corrosion in places. It measures 82.30mm in length, 28.75mm in external diameter at the loop, 7.57mm in thickness/diameter at the stem, and weighs 30.19g. This is a rotary key of probable later Medieval date similar to iron examples from Winchester (Biddle, 1990: nos. 3745, 3761). It perhaps dates to between the 13th and 16th centuries AD.
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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