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Description: | A lead alloy musket ball of post-Medieval date, circa 1644. A faint casting seam and a pair of small, shallow depressions where the casting sprue has been removed by two cuts with nippers are still visible. On the oppoite side is a long concave mark, possibly impact damage. The ball has a pale, yellowish-grey patina. It is 14.5mm in diameter and weighs 17.85gm.. The weight suggests it would have been used in a carbine. (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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