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Medieval copper alloy padlock
Barrel padlock case with t-shaped keyhole and rectangular bolt entry hole. The L-shaped bolt, which had a loop to engage the projecting arm of case, has been lost. Compare with one from Goltho, Lincs., and with others quoted, particularly that from Rayleigh Castle, Essex (4).
F1 on Bedrock of pit and attached to it by a localised layer of very black sticky earth.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
76.4H/1.6
Find Information
Site Name: Llantrithyd, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 046727
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1960-1969
Acquisition
Donation, 14/1/1976
Measurements
weight / g:47.5
length / mm:59
width / mm:31
thickness / mm:17
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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