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Description: | Lead probable musket balls. Ten cast balls with mould lines and the stubs of casting sprue, probably smoothed by prolonged immersion. The mass of the balls, typically over an ounce, may be apt to use with smoothbore muzzle loading firearms of military specification. These have probably been fired, though where flat areas are recorded, the damage might have arisen through the crushing of balls in storage. Where such evidence is combined with impact damage the ball has certainly been used.Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.a) Diameter: 17.2mm, Weight: 25.97gms (impact scar)b) Diameter: 17.8mm, Weight: 27.85gms (adjacent flat areas of diameter 7-10mm)c) Diameter: 17.5mm, Weight: 28.76gms (multiple dished patches - ?case shot)d) Diameter: 17.4mm, Weight: 28.56gms (multiple flat patches of diameter 5-10mm - ?case)e) Diameter: 17.8mm, Weight: 29.08gms (multiple adjacent flat patches of 8mm diameter)f) Diameter: 17.7mm, Weight: 28.24gms (flat patch of diameter 10mm - ?from multiple load)g) Diameter: 17.5mm, Weight: 28.79gms (multiple flat patches of diameter 7mm - ?case)h) Diameter: 17.5mm, Weight: 27.07gms (multiple flat patches, impact gouge)i) Diameter: 17.1mm, Weight: 28.23gms (paired flat patches - ?from pliers)j) Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 27.22gms (multiple flat areas of diameter 9mm - ?case)Combined Weight: c.290gms
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