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Former Wollert Church Key
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The key was found in the subsurface context adjacent to the original location of the former Wollert Church on the corner of Lehmanns and Epping roads in Wollert in May 2022. The City of Whittlesea gifted the Key to Working Heritage on 2 April 2023.
Corroded iron key for church door
Alloy clock hand with a circular plate and pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rectangular shaft that narrows to a blunt tip. The head is hooked and appears to have been a secondary manufacturing process, attached to a machine cut shaft.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Square-shaped nut with a circular perforation measuring 1.3cm with interior grooves.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded screw with circular narrowing to a pointed tip. Incised screw grooves extending down the body of the shaft. Incised notch extending across the nail head.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Three corroded screws with circular narrowing to a pointed tip. Incised screw grooves extending down the body of the shaft. Incised notch extending across the nail head.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Two corroded screws with circular narrowing to a pointed tip. Incised screw grooves extending down the body of the shaft. Incised notch extending across the nail head.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Three corroded nails with rounded shaft consistent in diameter to a pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rectangular shaft narrowing to a blunt tip. The head is slightly irregular. Horizontal incised lines on shaft below head.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded tack with rectangular shaft narrowing to a blunt tip. The head is covered with lead.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rectangular shaft narrowing to a blunt tip. The shaft is pinched below the head and there is a white deposit, possibly paint on the nail head.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rounded shaft and consistent in diameter to a pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rounded shaft and consistent in diameter to a pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rectangular shaft that narrows to a blunt tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rectangular shaft that narrows to a blunt tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with rectangular shaft that narrows to a blunt tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Collection of 10 nails with square shaft end to end and a kink.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Collection of two nails with a rectangular shaft narrowing to a blunt tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Small nail with a rounded shaft consistent in diameter to pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Collection of three corroded nails with a rounded shaft consistent in diameter to pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with a rounded shaft consistent in diameter to pointed tip. Head seems to be comprised of three different types of metal.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Three corroded nails with a square shaped shaft narrowing to a blunt tip
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded rod with a square shaped shaft end to end.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded tack with square shaft narrowing to a blunt tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Small corroded rod with square shaft end to end
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Collection of corroded nails with rectangular shaft that narrows to a blunt tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Two corroded nails with a square shaft narrowing to a blunt tip. The wedge is joined to the upper section of the shaft.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with a rectangular shaft narrowing to a blunt tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Collection of six corroded nails with a rounded shaft consistent in diameter to a pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Corroded nail with a rounded shaft consistent in diameter to a pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
Collections of four corroded nails with a rounded shaft consistent in diameter to a pointed tip.
archaeology, historic building, former royal mint
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