{"id":313,"date":"2022-12-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northwag.org\/?p=313"},"modified":"2022-12-01T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:09:35","slug":"day-2-of-the-nwag-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwag.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/day-2-of-the-nwag-advent-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of the NWAG Advent Calendar!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s Day 2 of the NWAG Advent Calendar, and we’re already craving a festive tipple!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Copper-alloy tap key from metal-detecting at Lower Collier’s Hill Farm, Bayton (\u00a9 North Worcestershire Archaeology Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This unusual looking object is known as a ‘tap key’, and was presented to NWAG in 2013 as part of a collection of metal-detected finds from a field near Lower Collier’s Hill Farm, Bayton. It’s one of three tap keys found in the field, each of which has a distinctive oval bow and diamond-shaped bit. Intended for use with casks of ale, beer, and cider, they would slot neatly into a ‘barrel tap’ or spigot<\/a> and, when turned, allowed the contents freely flow into a mug or tankard.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Three men emptying casks of ale (from Cruickshank’s The House that Jack Built<\/em>, 1853, public domain courtesy of the British Library<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tap keys are quite commonly found by metal-detectorists in western England, but are usually too modern to record on the Portable Antiquities Scheme<\/a> database. But why should they turn up so often on fields? In Worcestershire, they might reflect the part-payment of farm workers in ale and cider during the busy harvest season – a practice that is known to have continued well into the 19th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our report on the tap-key, as well as the other finds from the site, is available on our website<\/a>, so why not give it a read!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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