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Description: | Lead, or lead alloy, waste 'header' from casting shot. The length of the header is 92mm, 6mm in width and 3mm thick. The header divides into to arms from the main arm. All arm terminals are broken. Nine runners are visible and there are spaces where others are missing. Each runner is approximately 8mm apart from the next. One of the runners has a solid oval moulding which appears to be a failed casting of a shot. Musket shot were usually centrally produced and supplied to troops; however, shortages often led to the production of local shot and a bullet mould was often supplied with a gun as a standard piece of equipment (Courtney 1988,3). Shot was manufactured in two-part moulds, usually hinged and made of iron (Courtney 1993, 159). The shot would have been separated from the runner by pincers when the casting had cooled. Excavations at Beeston Castle, Cheshire have uncovered several waste 'headers' comparable to this example (Courtney 1993, 159, nos.32-33, fig.108).
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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