Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found hanging from bar of terret (1948.1523).
Event Date 1853
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
Linton Barrow. Grave 9, excavated in 1853
Event Date 1853
Author: maa

Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (June 1854). 'Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavated, January 1853.' The Archaeological Journal. vol 11. pp. 95-115. p. 97-98, 114. fig. XII.
Event Date 06/1854
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Bronze key for tumbler lock with suspension ring.
Event Date 1948
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Previously on display in Archaeology Gallery, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
White, Roger. (1990). 'Scrap or Substitute: Roman Material in Anglo-Saxon Graves' in Southworth, Edmund (ed.), Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: A Reappraisal. Stroud: Sutton. pp. 144-145, Fig. 13.1
Event Date 1990
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field was given as 'Bronze Age', but it is likely that this was an error. The catalogue card does not give this information, and the Place has therefore been updated to 'Anglo Saxon'.
Event Date 14/1/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)