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Description: | A cast copper alloy slide key for a barrel padlock dating from 1100-1300AD. The shank is a flat strip of metal, tapering slightly towards a small, circular bow which is pierced with a circular hole. A short section of the shank leading up to the bow is thicker than the remainder of the shank and is a flat oval in section. The bit consists of two small flanges set at right angles to the plane of the shank. There is a notch in one edge of the shank immediately before the bit. The key has a dark green patina. It is bent in the middle of the shank and measures 48.6mm long, 7mm wide and 4.1mm thick. It weighs 2.56gm.A number of similar keys are illustrated in Ottaway and Rogers, 2002, Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds from Medieval York, figure 1453.
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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