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LOCKING MECHANISM
Unique ID: NLM-0EECA6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy lock fitting. Cast sub-rectangular plate of thickness 1.4mm with decoratively engrailed edges and a pair of keyholes, the smaller complete. Behind the latter, a straight-sided plate with U-shaped lugs projecting from either side and with one indented and one protruding end retains an L-shaped bar with a stepped end which appears to be part of a lock mechanism. In its current position it would obstruct the use of the smaller keyhole and may represent modification of a lock. The display face bears the florid monogram LBC over the place-name REDBOURN in similarly ornamental lettering, which is especially apt to the find spot. The reverse bears the crudely scratched numerals: 1 6 1829, and this would not be inconsistent as a date of manufacture and/or repair compatible with the style of script on the front. The 1st June 1829 was a Monday, and so a working day, perhaps when the object was completed or repaired and necessarily before it was set in place. This is close dating by any standard. The plate is bent forwards at either edge, as if it had been forcefully wrenched from its setting, at some time later. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1829.
Height: 50.4mm, Width: 62.2mm, Thickness (plate and mechanism): 9.2mm, Weight: 48.03gms.
Inscription:
LBC / REDBOURN
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1829
Date to: Exactly AD 1829
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 50.4 mm
Width: 62.2 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 48.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36511
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: near Redbourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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