Record ID: WMID-EAD5F6
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy barb-spring padlock, of Medieval dating (AD 1150 to AD 1200). It has an octagonal case with a T-shape key aperture on the recessed end plate; the other end of the plate has a recessed surface with two rectangular apertures divided by a vertical septum which indicates a mechanism with two spring strips. The top face of the case has a rectangular recess which housed the projecting arm of the missing spring mechanism. The padlock has a fixed bolt on rectangular, pierced arm projecting from the top of the end plate; the base of the arm has a perforation which in…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.