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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy barb spring padlock of Medieval date. It is missing the separately cast spring mechanism due to old breaks, now worn.The case is hollow and rectangular in section with a flaring central section that is almost oval shaped. At each angle of the oval is a transverse ridge. The top face is undecorated and has a rectangular projection with a central circular hole with a bar projecting at right angles to form an L-shaped hasp. Beneath the rectangular projection is a small rectangular notch where the now missing spring bolt would have slid into place, held by the hasp. At the opposite end the aperture is split into two rectangular sections by a narrow vertical division. The bottom face has incised decoration consisting of crudely engraved longitudinal lines that follow the curving sides. This padlock measures 31.32mm in length, 13.77mm in width at centre, 8.50mm in width at hasp end, 9.30mm in thickness, 19.63mm in height including hasp, 7.03g in weight.There is a similar example from Winchester (Biddle, 1990, p. 1012, no. 3666) but with a rectangular rather than a swollen case and recorded on the PAS database (SF-2EFEA6), (SF-1620C5), (SF9284), (SF7242).
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