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?Post-medieval rotary key, obverse
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Northamptonshire County Council, Robert Webley, 2005-09-30 09:43:47
Title
?Post-medieval rotary key, obverse
Description
English: A very worn and corroded cast iron key. The key has a seemingly solid stem of circular section, corrosion making it impossible to establish with the naked eye whether it is hollow. The stem is 54.4mm in length between bit and bow. It tapers towards the bow which is now but a fragment but was probably of oval shape. The opposite end has an extant projecting tip of 10.2mm. The bit is composed of two wards perpendicular to the stem with a space between them of 17.3mm. Both wards feature three symmetrical projections into the space. The projection closest to the stem is 6mm away from it and is a simple solid element 7.6mm in length. The second and third projections are 11mm and 18.5mm from the stem respectively. Now variously worn and corroded they would have been 'S' shaped, the 'S' being formed by assymetrical clefts. The complexity of the bit suggests a probable post-medieval date for this key.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 1500 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 108449
Old ref: NARC-BF9C54
Filename: NARC-BF9C54keyobv.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/77249
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/77249/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/108449
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