Download or read book Bar Locks and Early Church Security in the British Isles written by John F. Potter and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the evidence for the measures taken to make church buildings secure or defensible from their earliest times until the later medieval period. In particular it examines the phenomenon of ‘bar locks’ which the author identifies in many different contexts throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.