File:Haddenham, Medieval barrel padlock (FindID 242790).jpg

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Haddenham: Medieval barrel padlock
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, Anni Byard, 2008-11-20 16:56:08
Title
Haddenham: Medieval barrel padlock
Description
English: A barrel padlock and key dating to the 13th century. The padlock is a cylindrical case with four sinuous lines of patterning on the underside. The bolt arm is complete and has a pierced hole but the bar is not present. The padlock has a cylindrical sleeve for the iron spring mechanism, but the mechanism is missing in this example.

The key aperture is a transverse slot extending at right angles across the end plate with a two-pronged, fork-like opening on the underside for the slide key. The key is present and remains in place in the aperture. This slide key is pierced at the handle (bow), the shank is thin and on the opposed angle to the bow. The shank continues into a two-pronged aperture, but due to the key remaining within the padlock measurements could not be taken.

Copper alloy was mostly used for small padlocks, such as this one, and they were probably used to secure caskets or maybe even small cupboards. Copper alloy padlocks with iron mechanisms probably do not date to later than the 13th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1100 and 1299
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1299-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 242790
Old ref: BERK-604315
Filename: Dai padlock.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/194210
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/194210/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/242790
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Object location51° 46′ 24.96″ N, 0° 55′ 49.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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