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Description: | A cast lead alloy pistol ball of Post Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1800. The ball is completely flattened, probably as a result of having struck, at high velocity, squarely against a flat, unyielding surface. The impacted side is slightly domed and has radial striations. In its current configuration it is 24.9mm long, 23.7mm wide and 4.2mm thick. It weighs 9.84gm, suggesting that it was a small pistol ball.Compare impacted examples illustrated in Harding, 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical Study, page 70, plate 25.
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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