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Description: | A group of 10 musket balls of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. 8 are sub-spherical and unusually smooth, not appearing to have impacted. They may not have been fired. All the balls have a flat area where the casting sprue has been trimmed. One ball is covered with depressions and probably was fired. The last ball is smaller and has impacted flattening one side. The unfired balls are They are all about 15 - 17mm in diameter and range from 19g - 28g. 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, suggesting they may have been used by cavalry soldiers. The ball with a rough surface is about 15mm in diameter and weighs 20.7g. The smaller impacted ball has a diameter of about 13mm and weighs 10g. It was probably a pistol ball. The balls have a grey 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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