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Description: | A group of 13 musket balls of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. 11 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, except for two which still have a short circular sectioned stub. They are all about 15mm to 17mm in diameter and range from 23g - 27g. There is also an impacted incomplete ball which weighs 18g, and a completely flattened ball which weighs 26g. According to Harding's (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War, these fall in the sizes used by Carbine small arms, 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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