Record ID: BH-CA78E8
Object type: LOCK PLATE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy lock plate of Medieval date. The surviving piece consists of a sub-rectangular plate. One of the vertical sides is jagged and the lock plate would certainly have originally been longer; one of the horizontal sides is also slightly concave and this is also possibly the result of damage. A short distance in from the intact vertical side, aligned parallel to it, is a straight-sided aperture which converges slightly at one end. This hole would have held the projecting hasp on the associated hinged fitting. The upper surface of the plate bears patterns…
Created on: Friday 24th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 24th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravensden', grid reference and parish protected.