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Description: | Lead shot. Cast ball with five or more large facets; patinated overall. The distinctively facetted damage pattern indicates this object was fired as part of a charge of hail shot or canister (the former might be loaded in a bag while the latter was contained in a tin) from a smoothbore muzzle loading field piece, as an anti-personnel weapon. This is an important discovery because it suggests that the activity which generated the numerous musket balls and lead shot reported from the vicinity also included the use of at least one artillery piece. The formidable logistics of transporting and supplying artillery imply the action at Burwell involved larger or more diverse forces than might be involved in the exercise of a single unit, a raid, or an adventitious skirmish. The new light it casts on a productive site encourages the designation of this object as a 'find of note'. The mass may suggest the ball was originally made for use in a light musket, or a carbine or pistol of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Diameter: 17.6mm, Weight: 27.10gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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