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Description: | Lead and iron Musket Ball. Cast ball with a medial circumferential groove, possibly a mould line and, well clear of this feature and at one end of the shot relative to it, the stub of an iron pin. Lightly patinated overall. The iron pin may suggest this to be one half of a dumbbell shot. The iron-stemmed dumbbell shot is the rarer variety recognised in England, and might hint at the employment of mercenary soldiers from Europe. The size and mass of this ball is greater than that of most others reported from the vicinity, though remaining consistent with the use of this shot with a muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Diameter: 20.1mm, Weight: 38.38gms.
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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