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Description: | Two post medieval gunflints from a flint lock rifle (1 of which is incomplete), dating 1600-1850. The complete flint has been worked to form a trapezoidal shape in plan with 3 faces where blades have been removed on the top. One side is rounded tapering to a narrower side. mid-grey flint.The incomplete flint has two straight sides, following the trapezoidal pattern, but the other two sides have been rounded to form a single edge. It is apparent that an attempt has been made to work this flint but one corner has broken off and the item has been abandoned. dark-grey flint.Similar gunflints have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database please see SWYOR-F14C43; WAW-DACD06; LON-25AD24.Dimensions of complete flint: length: 28.01 mm; width: 34.53 mm; thickness: 10.67 mm; weight: 15.48 g.Dimensions of incomplete flint: length: 25.60 mm; width: 31.05 mm; thickness: 14.83 mm; weight: 15.24 g.
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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