HEXAB2170  Click onThumbnail for 2 photos |
| Ring and Padlock (barrel-type) |
| padlock | metalwork |
| iron |
| fixed ring, padlock possibly removable Ring fixed in the wall with lime or mortar mix (old) with Barrel lock – five ridges – one end open – hexagonal aperture [for socket set release] Metal on barrel not the same as metal on ring. Location next to and probably after, ‘AW’ (HEXAB1123.4.1) incised into wall to right and ‘WR’ (HEXAB1123.3.2) to its left (south). Purpose unknown; possibly for securing alms box (in N. Transept which for centuries was the main ‘porch’ of the church) |
| pre 1865 |
| 19th century? guess |
| 1865. “In the west wall of this transept, within the basement, an iron staple remains fixed, with a fetterlock attached, but for what purpose it has been used I have not ascertained.” [The Priory of Hexham, Vol. II, J.Raine, 1865. p.lxxxix] |
| ring diameter 46 | bore 13 | hole diameter 20 | lock ring diameter 52 | L 60 | barrel dia 24 |
| North Transept/West Wall/Bay 2 |