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Description: | Lead probable musket balls. Eight balls, some retaining manufacturing evidence in the form of mould lines or stubs of sprue, and most with evidence for having been fired; those bearing only a flat patch listed below as '?ramrod' might have incurred this damage through crushing in storage, though if combined with impact damage the ball has certainly been used. Their mass, typically a little under one ounce, may suggest they were for use with a carbine, heavy pistol or light musket; smoothbore muzzle loading firearms of military specification. They were recovered together with slightly larger shot, recorded separately, and of both groups there were more unfired than fired shot. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.a) Diameter: 17.4mm, Weight: 27.88gms (flat patch of 8mm diameter - ?from ramrod)b) Diameter: 17.8mm, Weight: 28.20gms (flat patch of 8mm diameter - ?from ramrod)c) Diameter: 17.7mm, Weight: 25.32gms (flat patch of 6mm diameter - ?from ramrod)d) Diameter: 17.2mm, Weight: 26.92gms (nipped from sprue; also flat patches at opposite ends - from ramrod and/or forming part of a multiple load)e) Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 23.63gms (scar from impact against a hard surface at moderate range)f) Diameter: 16.1mm, Weight: 24.38gms (set up 'belt' and gas erosion scars from firing, and impact damage against a hard irregular surface struck at close range)g) Diameter: 17.4mm, Weight: 25.35gms (impact against a stony surface)h) Diameter: 16.9mm, Weight: 21.74gms (irregular surface, possible gnawed by vermin or multiple impact scars from inclusion in a charge of case shot)Combined Weight: c.200gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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