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Description: | Lead musket balls. Twelve cast balls with mould lines and the stubs of casting sprue, probably smoothed by prolonged immersion. The mass of the balls, at over an ounce, is apt to use with muzzle loading smoothbore firearms of military specification. None of these have been fired. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.a) Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 32.56gmsb) Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 29.98gmsc) Diameter: 18.2mm, Weight: 31.50gmsd) Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 32.94gms (mould halves slightly misaligned)e) Diameter: 18.8mm, Weight: 35.22gmsf) Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 30.13gmsg) Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 31.35gmsh) Diameter: 18.4mm, Weight: 32.13gmsi) Diameter: 18.6mm, Weight: 30.71gmsj) Diameter: 18.3mm, Weight: 31.72gmsk) Diameter: 18.3mm, Weight: 32.89gmsl) Diameter: 18.4mm, Weight: 30.96gmsCombined Weight: c.385gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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