Record ID: DENO-E69756
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold locket in the form of a miniature padlock. The padlock appears to be made in two pieces, the outer casing, and the bar across the top which is attached to one of the side panels. A U-shaped slot in the opposite side panel was designed to take the key, which does not survive. Single suspension loops on either side of the padlock each hold a gold link: the padlock was probably originally used to fasten two ends of a chain. The base is decorated with cusping which terminates at each end with a fleur-de-lys, one of which has lost a petal; the other has become slightly deta…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8B79D3
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
 Report for HM Coroner Treasure Case 2022 T321 Medieval gold padlock locket PAS Database Number: LANCUM-8B79D3. Treasure Case Number: 2022 T321. Date of Discovery: 20 March 2022. Find Spot: Adlington, Cheshire. Circumstances: Found whilst metal detecting. Date: Late Medieval; fifteenth- to sixteenth-centuries AD, c.1400–1500. Overview: An incomplete medieval gold cast locket in the form of a miniature padlock. The locket appears to be made in at least four pieces: the outer casing, the twisted gold soldered on below the ‘shoulders’, and the two side…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Adlington', grid reference and parish protected.