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Description: | An incomplete padlock element of medieval date. The object is the bolt of a cylindrical barrel padlock which comprises a thick circular end plate with four sub-rectangular perforations, each of which is filled with iron corrosion. An integral rectangular shank extends from one edge with a transverse perforation running through it. This terminates in a circular loop.This bolt would have sat at the closed end of the barrel padlock with the iron corrosion marking the remains of four evenly spaced barbed springs that catch internally behind a stop within the barrel. The loop to the opposite end of the shank acts as a socket which would have engaged with an external bar over the cylinder to lock the mechanism. Inserting a key compresses the internal barb-springs to a level below the stops in the cylinder and thus allows the bolt to be withdrawn.Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database as SWYOR-7E57B4 and WAW-3E5DAB and are also illustrated in Egan, G. (1998) The Medieval Household: Daily Living c. 1150 - c. 1450, p.92, fig.64.The object is 28.2mm long, 11.7mm wide at the larger terminal, 3.4mm wide at the shaft, 6.6mm wide at the smaller terminal and 5.4mm thick. It weighs 4.5g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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