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Description: | A copper-alloy lock case from a medieval padlock. The item consists of an octagonal case, 43 mm long and 12 mm wide. The case has a fixed bolt (45 mm long) on a rectangular, pierced arm. There is also a circular piercing on the lock case where the handle joins the case. The bolt has now been bent down towards the lock case. The lock case has a T-shaped aperture and an internal vertical septum at the other suggests that the mechanism (which is missing) had two spring strips. The lower three octagonal planes are decorated with small punched incisions and a vertical line at around 6 mm from each end. The lock has been damaged, and one side has been buckled. This is likely to have been a result of plough damage. The metal is of a dark green colour reflecting corrosion of the copper element. This artefact is similar to lock number 245, given in Egan's 'The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450'. Egan dates such locks to the 12th and 13th centuries. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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