Accession No
TEMP.00809.2
Description
Key with circular bow, cylindrical pin shank with small collar and long section of throating preceding single bit, thickening towards the bottom and with bulleting on both sides, plus one key ward cut in the front edge and two in the rear edge,
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00809.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
9mm x 38mm x 123mm Weight 0.075kg
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
TEMP.00809.1-2 are joined together with string, to which is also attached a paper label (see Labels note).
Event Date
Author: David Kay
Context (Field collection)
Found near Cambridge when excavating for the railway (see Labels note).
Event Date
Author: David Kay
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to TEMP.00809.1-2 with string reads: "Keys found near [illegible] town of Cambridge on excavating for the Railway. Supposed to have belonged to a monastery"
Event Date
Author: David Kay
Description (Physical description)
Key with circular bow, cylindrical pin shank with small collar and long section of throating preceding single bit, thickening towards the bottom and with bulleting on both sides, plus one key ward cut in the front edge and two in the rear edge,
Event Date 28/1/2019
Author: David Kay
FM:282639
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