Record ID: WILT-5C4A59
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval iron barrel padlock case of Goodall's Type D (in Biddle, 1990), with a hinged shackle. The spring and bolt are missing. Barrel padlocks with shackles (Type D) were intended to secure human or animal limbs (Goodall 1990 p.1001). Examples from Winchester date from the late 10th to early 15th century. The case is cylindrical and c 46.53mm in diameter. The shackle (c 13.42mm in diameter) is hinged at one end (to a projection from the case) and curves in an arc to the opposite end of the case, where a narrow plate with two holes inserts into a slot in the barrel where it could…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringwood', grid reference and parish protected.