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Description: | Group of fifteen musket balls. Heavy white patina ? no.s 2, 4, 8-10, 15; the rest are grey. Numbered left to right from top to bottom. (1) impacted with two areas of flattening at right angles, diameter c.11mm, weight 7.04g; (2) heavily chewed/pitted and misshapen, diameter c.12mm, weight 6.66g; (3) impacted, flattened on two opposite surfaces, diameter 14.3mm, thickness 8.4mm, weight 9.49g; (4) probably impacted musket ball, convex but flattened on two opposite surfaces, diameter 15.2mm, thickness 9.44mm, weight 12.34g; (5) not impacted, sprue not filed off, faint casting line around circumference, diameter 12.2mm, length including sprue 13.1mm, weight 10.02g; (6) not impacted, sprue probably filed down but a little remains, faint casting line around circumference, diameter 11.3mm, weight 7.51g; (7) not impacted, sprue probably filed down but a little remains, casting line around circumference, diameter 12.0mm, weight 8.67g; (8) not impacted & unmarked, diameter 11.7mm, weight 9.36g; (9) not impacted & unmarked, diameter 12.0mm, weight 9.72g; (10) not impacted, small circular flattened area, probably where sprue has been filed off, some pitting/chewing on one side, diameter 11.4mm, weight 8.13g; (11) misshapen, poorly cast, sprue still attached, diameter 10-12mm, length including sprue 13.16mm, weight 7.45g; (12) not impacted but small circular flattened area, probably where sprue has been filed off, diameter 11.0mm, weight 6.54g; (13) not impacted, sprue filed down but still visible, casting line around circumference, diameter 8.3mm, length including sprue 8.9mm, weight 3.16g; (14) not impacted, sprue filed off, casting line around circumference, diameter 8.5mm, weight 3.08g; (15) not impacted, sprue filed down, casting line around circumference, diameter 10.1mm, weight 4.87g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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