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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