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Roman copper alloy lock bolt
Large lock bolt, the holes for the tumblers now obscured by corrosion. The latter contains traces of straw which suggests that the object was lost on a barrack room floor.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/110
Find Information
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.
Acquisition
Purchase, 22/8/1988
Measurements
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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