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PADLOCK

Unique ID: SUR-59625F

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval copper-alloy padlock case. The case has a hexagonal section and the lowest face is decorated with a punched sinuous line with shorter lengths of straight line in each curve. From one end rises a rectangular tabe which is pierced by a circular hole. The upper bar which runs from this tab is incomplete.

Notes:

The given weight includes soil.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Exactly AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.94 mm
Width: 21.44 mm
Thickness: 16.76 mm
Weight: 10.44 g
Diameter: 24.42 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: B15-752

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Crowmarsh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6185
Four figure Latitude: 51.56059031
Four figure longitude: -1.12144379
1:25K map: SU6185
1:10K map: SU68NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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