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Description: A post-medieval cast lead musket ball. The surface is heavily dimpled with dents which may be due to post depositional chewing by animals. The ball shows an indenture where the sprue would have been, probably a collapsed cavity due to the use of over-heated lead. There is a pin-hole puncture running centrally all the way through the ball. This may have been made in removing the ball from the mould, but it is not usual for such extraction holes to run all the way through the ball. It may therefore have been created so the ball could be used as a weight.The size and weight suggest this ball was used with a carbine. Probably of 17th century date. Original Image Publisher: http://finds.org.uk Source: Portable Antiquities Identifier: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ Go to resource More Like this...
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