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Description: | Lead Musket ball. Cast ball with a flattened circular area of diameter 10.3mm, probably from use of a ramrod; and with a circumferential belt from set up. Lightly patinated. The mass, at about one ounce, would qualify this for use with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Diameter: 17.6mm, Length (as aligned in barrel): 16.1mm, Weight: 28.26gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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