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11 Medieval Key.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Kurt Adams, 2004-04-07 10:30:49
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11 Medieval Key.JPG
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English: Medieval key, 12th-14th century
  Length 34.5mm, width, 17mm, thickness 5mm. 

The key has a solid sub circular stem 3mm to 4mm diameter that tapers inwards towards the tip. Rectangular bit 8.3mm long, 6mm wide and 2mm thick, wide moulding that comprises of a transverse collar about 1mm wide with a further collar in front 5mm wide that may have originally been a series of four ridges but have now corroded into one. Oval bow that is slightly flatter on the shank side, two lugs pointing in towards the centre from the stem side of the bow.

The artefact has a light green pitted patina with little or none of the original surface remaining. Very worn.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 1100 and 1399
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1399-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 63120
Old ref: GLO-044C05
Filename: 11 Medieval Key.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/22713
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/22713/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/63120
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Object location51° 45′ 09.36″ N, 1° 53′ 32.35″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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