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Description: | A lead alloy musket ball or pistol shot dating from the Post Medieval period, AD 1500 - 1800. It is 10.29mm in diameter, 6.14g. It is spherical with a trimmed casting seam and flat end. There are rifling marks (parallel grooves) round a band in the middle of the ball, at right angles to the casting seam. One face of the ball is roughened. It has a smooth 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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