NMS Archaeology Object 14321: H.HY 7 - Chest lock / part
Description
Summary
Hinged lock catch of copper alloy from a chest, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century
Accession Number
H.HY 7
Other references
HAAQ Register Number NMAS Loan Number | H.1955.779 Q.L.1923.7 |
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Original description
Urquhart Castle. [One of] Collection of relics found during the restoration of the Castle by H.M. Office of Works - see Register for 1923 pp.53-63 and Loan Register 1923. 5-140. PSAS 112, 1982, 465-476. Hinged lock catch from a chest. The perforated square attachment, riveted to the hasp, went into the lock. Part of the hinge pin has broken away and is lodged in the hinged end of the hasp. SD note, November 1999: Upgraded from PSAS.
Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)
None
Discovery / field collection
Date of discovery
Not recorded
Method (e.g. excavation)
Not recorded
Place (i.e. location of discovery)
Grid reference
Not recorded
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1955-06-03
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Seafield Trustees
MacKenzie, Innes and Logan [Melville Street, Edinburgh]
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Donor
Agent
Image
None
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 12547 | URQUHART CASTLE - URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON - CASTLE (MEDIEVAL), FORT (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), MOTTE AND BAILEY (MEDIEVAL), VITRIFIED STONE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), PIN(S) (COPPER) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: H.HY 7 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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