CORN-3A4482: Medieval casket hasp (plan)

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LOCK

Unique ID: CORN-3A4482

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy hasp for a lock on a casket, with the loop on which it would have pivoted having since broken off. The hasp is rectangular in plan, with a terminal tapering to a point and a horizontal rib just above where the tapering begins. At the top end of the hasp, attached at a right angle to the back is a plate or tab, 13 mm long and 10 mm wide. This back plate has one rivet hole, about 2 mm in diameter, and about 2 mm in from the end of the plate. The hole would have allowed the bar of the fixed lock to go through it to make it secure. The surface of the pendant is very pitted and corroded, revealing a reddish copper layer beneath the green corrosion product. Egan (1998) illustrates a similar mechanism on page 76, Fig.53, No.185, which is dated to the Medieval period, but no precise parallel can be found. From the style of the piece, it could also date from the Post-Medieval period.

Class: hasp
Sub class: casket

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 15.3 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 8.39 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th January 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Gweek (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW7128
Four figure Latitude: 50.107832
Four figure longitude: -5.204045
1:25K map: SW7128
1:10K map: SW78SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Regularly improved

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G.	1998	The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)	London	The Stationery Office	76, Fig.53,	No.185

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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