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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy barrel padlock (c. 1250-c. 1450 AD).The barrel or chamber is a hollow cylinder which is roughly oval in cross-section and each side has a single groove running horizontally along the length of the chamber on the outside. There is a rectangular aperture on the underside of the chamber. Along the top edge of the chamber two flat arms extend upwards, one from each end. Between the arms, on the same plane, there is an extension along the top edge of the barrel which has a hole at the centre. Each arm is perforated with a circular hole. Most of one of these arms is missing. The almost complete arm terminates with part of a short tube running across the end of the arm. The incomplete arm would have possessed a short tube as well. The missing bolt would have slotted though these tubes. The rectangular aperture on the underside covers about 80% of its length. One end of the chamber is open and has a central recessed septum. Below this end, adjacent to the rectangular aperture, there is a small lug with a groove at each side. This end is where the slide key would have been inserted. The opposite end is closed and has a small rounded lug on the underside.This object is in poor condition and has traces of a dark green patina. There is no decoration to be seen and the breaks are abraded.Length: 32.81mm; width: 29.42mm; thickness: 11.44mm. Weight: 13.59g.Similar padlocks have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: IOW-4AC177; LIN-50F952; NCL-904170; SF-908C58; SUR-EAAD05; SWYOR-1CE2F1 and SWYOR-4DF478.A discussion on Medieval Padlocks from London has been published (Egan 1998: 91-99).
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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