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Description: | The corroded and incomplete iron spring mechanism from the bolt of a padlock of probable medieval date. The artefact consists of a roughly circular end plate with three protuberances on its upper surface. These are the remnants of the trio of springs: two parallel with each other and perpendicular to a larger third. Each spring survives to varying extents beyond the other face; up to 60mm. Originally the springs may have had a barb on each side extending to within c. 8 or 9mm of the plate. A slide (or squeeze) key would have squeezed the barbs against the springs such that the bolt could be removed from the case (see Egan 1998, 92; fig. 64).The largest spring is 9mm wide at the plate, tapering slightly to 8.4mm at its terminal. The two parallel springs are of comparable widths: one extends for 44mm and is bent slightly; the other is vestigial. The end plate has been struck around its circumference such that a lip has formed on both surfaces. The size of this mechanism and the number of springs suggests that the padlock may have had an important function, perhaps relating to securing a door, although a chest cannot be ruled out (see Egan 1998, 91).
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