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Description: | Lead musket ball. Cast ball with a pronounced flattened circumferential belt from set up, interrupted by a flat patch from impact against a hard surface, though one struck at only moderate velocity or at longer range. One end is flattened with a flat surface of diameter c.10mm, possibly showing either use of a ramrod or the inclusion of this ball in a multiple load. Patinated overall. The mass, at over an ounce, would qualify this for use in a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Diameter (at belt): 16.6mm, Length: 17mm, Weight: 30.11gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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