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Description: | Lead musket ball. Cast ball with a flattened area of diameter 8mm, possibly from use of a ramrod, and a larger flattened area arising from impact against a hard flat surface. Patinated overall. The mass, at over an ounce, would qualify this for use with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Diameter: 18.2mm, Weight: 29.34gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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