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Description: | Copper alloy key for a barrel padlock. The object has shank that is rectangular in section, with a flat-sectioned area in the centre. The terminal shows signs of a broken loop for suspension. The head was probably once circular in plan (this disc being at a right angle to the shank; the head is now folded in half, leaving a semi-circle atop the shank. In Britain, the height of the popularity of barrel padlocks was c. 1300-1600
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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