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Medieval barb and spring padlock (front, back and side views)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Caroline Johnson, 2006-09-08 16:19:57
Title
Medieval barb and spring padlock (front, back and side views)
Description
English: An incomplete wrought iron barb-spring or 'barrel' padlock, dating to the 13th/ 14th century, between AD 1200 - 1400 (length: 42.5mm; width: 41mm; thickness: 16.5mm; weight: 41.45g).

The artefact has an incomplete cylindrical and hollow case (diameter of hollow case: 9mm) with no evidence of a barbed spring inside. The opposing terminals of the case are also incomplete and without any of the keyhole still present at one end. There is a raised ridge ( width: 7mm) running around the cylindrical case at each end, as well as continuing up and along the outside edge to the incomplete stumps of the bolt and hasp at either end. There is a linear rib running across the width of the padlock on the more complete side, with two other possible ribs above. Overall, the padlock is in a worn and corroded condition.

Similar examples are illustrated in Egan, G, 1998, 'Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 6: The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150 - c. 1450', pages 91 - 99, particularly ref nos 248 & 251. According to Egan (page 91), these padlocks were worked by sliding keys with the larger more robust examples being used for chests and doors. Half of the iron cylindrical padlock examples in Egan's publication have been regularly coated by brazing.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 1200 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 141666
Old ref: WMID-D898F7
Filename: WMID-D898F7.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/112887
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/112887/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/141666
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Object location53° 03′ 24.12″ N, 1° 51′ 34.09″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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