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Description: | A post-medieval lead-alloy piece of casting waste: a 'header' produced during the making of shot for a small calibre gun. The base is flat, slightly curved, with three circular connected knops - small round protubances, all 4.0mm high, along the centre. The small gaps of c. 3.5mm between the knops indicates the smallness of the shot being made.Overall length: 22.5mm, Height: 8.0mm, Thickness: 7.1mm, Weight: 5.31gExcavations at Beeston Castle have produced simular 'headers' from shot in two sizes, and was probably produced in scissor-like, multiple iron moulds or less likely, in a mould formed of two opposing soapstone blocks (Courtney 1988, 3; fig. 5).
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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