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Description: | A group of 14 musket balls of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. All are sub-spherical and unusually smooth, not appearing to have impacted. They may not have been fired. Almost all the balls have a flat area where the casting sprue has been trimmed. They are all about 15mm to 19mm in diameter and range from 20g - 36g. According to Harding's (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War, these fall in the sizes used by Carbine, Arquebus and Caliver small arms as well as muskets, suggesting they may have been used by cavalry soldiers. The balls have a cream to white patina.
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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