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Description: | A group of seven Post Musket musket balls found in the same field, but not closely grouped, dating from AD 1600 - 1800. The first four were found on one outing, and the other three, the following week. 1. Spherical ball of 17.7mm diamater and 30.1g, so probably used in a musket. It has a rough flattened area where the casting sprue has been trimmed. The ball has an impact mark which is an angular groove probably caused by the ball hitting something hard and smooth but with a right angle corner. The ball has a yellow patina.2. Sub-spherical ball of 17.2mm diameter and 30.4g, so probably used in a musket. It has a flattened band of set-up caused by the ball being squeezed against the inside of the muzzel during firing. There is also a slight patinated dent which may be an impact mark. The ball has a cream patina.3. Spherical ball of 17.7mm diameter and 31.76g, so probably used in a musket. It has a well developed white patina.4. Spherical ball of 17.4mm diameter and 30.1g, so probably fired from a musket. It has a light grey patina and a slightly flattened patch with striations across it which may be impact damage.5. Spherical ball of 17.8mm diameter, 29.9g, so fired from a musket. It has a smooth brown patina and not unusual features.6. Spherical ball of 17.6mm diameter and 29.6g, so fired from a musket. It has roughened areas at one end which may be post depositional damage. It has a grey brown patina. 7. Sub-spherical ball of 17.7mm diameter, 28.97g, so fired from a musket. It has dramatic impact damage. One side of the ball is distorted and part is missing. The damaged face has striations across half of it, there the ball grazed an object, and the rest of the face is rough and broken where the damaged part of the ball broke off. The ball has a yellow grey patina.See Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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