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Description: | A collection of 40 lead musket balls. The lead bullets such as these were used from 1400 ?? 1850, most of them are likely to date from the 16th - 19th century.
This collection form part of a much larger collection from the same farm. Unfortunately the finder has died so the grid reference we have for the collection covers the centre of the parish only.
Most of the musket balls are almost spherical.
Listed below are the basic facts and measures about each ball:
1) 30.05g, 17.65mm diameter, indented, possible tooth or ramrod marks
2) 29.93g, 17.43mm diameter, one large indentation due to impact
3) 19.59g, 17.62mm diameter, indented, one side of the ball has been flattened due to impact
4) 30.12g, 17.53mm diameter, indented
5) 20.22g, 15.1mm diameter, sprue
6) 17.27g, 14.53mm diameter, indented, casting line still visible
7) 21.85g, 15.48mm diameter, slightly flattened due to impact
8) 20.98g, 15.52mm diameter, indented, casting line still visible
9) 17.91g, 14.1mm diameter, mis-shaped
10) 14.05g, 13.33mm diameter, mis-shaped, possible tooth or ramrod marks
11) 22.67g, 15.56mm diameter
12) 31.15g, 17.76mm diameter, linear indentations
13) 18.02g, 16.5mm diameter, indented, slightly flattened due to impact
14) 31.09g, 17.13mm diameter, indented, slightly flattened due to impact
15) 33.81g, 10.51mm diameter, two sides of the ball have been flattened ?? due to impact, large indentations also due to impact
16) 30.65g, 17.64mm diameter, casting line still visible
17) 26.85g, 16.82mm diameter, indented & pitted
18) 29.81g, 16.9mm diameter, casting line still visible
19) 33.1g. 17.93mm diameter, casting line still visible
20) 23.88g, 16.24mm diameter, mis-shaped, deep grooves in surface
21) 12.45g, 12.82mm diameter
22) 23.04g, 16.1mm diameter, indented
23) 12.53g, 12.79mm diameter, indented
24) 10.37g, 12.32mm diameter, casting line still visible
25) 12.47g, 12.81mm diameter, indented
26) 12.41g, 13.34mm diameter, one large indentation due to impact
27) 22.02g, 16.15mm diameter, both sides of the ball have been flattened ?? due to impact
28) 9.35g, 11.9mm diameter, casting line still visible
29) 16.71g, 15.35mm diameter, indented & mis-shaped
30) 4.16g, 9.34mm diameter, indented & pitted
31) 29.79g, 18.83mm diameter, indented & one large indentation due to impact
32) 25.5g, 16.98mm diameter
33) 22.28g, 15.71mm diameter, casting line still visible, small sprue
34) 20.73g, 15.66mm diameter
35) 31.26g, 17.73mm diameter, indented, possible tooth or ramrod marks
36) 29.17g, 17.07mm diameter, indented
37) 18.80g, 17.08mm diameter, one side of the ball has been flattened ?? due to impact
38) 22.73g, 17.74mm diameter, two large indentations due to impact, possible extraction screw mark
39) 30.63g, 17.58mm diameter, indented & pitted
40) 30.42g, 17.84mm diameter, indented & pitted | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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