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Description: | Nine lead musket balls - numbered left-to-right from top-to-bottom. (1) no marks, not impacted, diameter 10.9mm, weight 6.88g. (2) flattened circular area, presumably from filing the casting sprue, rather than impaction, diameter 11.7mm, weight 8.95g. (3) prominent circular casting sprue and also casting line around the circumference, not impacted, diameter 13.3mm, weight 14.03g. (4) no marks, not impacted, diameter 16.1mm, weight 22.64g. (5) no marks, not impacted, diameter 16.1mm, weight 21.94g. (6) slight flattened areas probably due to casting process rather than impaction, diameter 15.6mm, weight 20.04g. (7) remains of partially removed circular casting sprue, diameter 18.2mm, weight 32.72g. (8) no marks, not impacted, diameter 17.8mm, weight 29.74g. (9) prominent circular and pointed casting sprue, also casting line around the circumference with the two hemispheres slightly off-set, diameter 16.9mm, weight 26.01g. Probably Civil War period.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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