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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman lock bolt, most of the central panel of this lock bolt survives and the rest is missing due to old breaks. This panel is rectangular in shape and measures c25mm in surviving length and 14mm in width. It has holes through it which are triangular in shape. This fragment is similar to examples of more complete lock bolts from Colchester (Crummy, 1983, fig 136, no 4133-4136), Crummy explains that 'lock bolts were used with a lift key which was passed on its side through a vertical keyhole, turned horizontally, and its teeth engaged in the holes in the lock-pin, these it raised, freeing the lock bolt, which was then pulled across with a cord'.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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