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IOW-792842 Post-Medieval Musket Balls
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2011-06-14 18:01:37
Title
IOW-792842 Post-Medieval Musket Balls
Description
English: A collection of nine post-Medieval cast lead shot (c. 1650-c. 1800).

These measure and weigh:

1: Dia. 18.3mm; weight: 30.28g.

2: Dia. 15.0mm; weight: 15.71g.

3: Dia. 17.5mm; weight: 29.76g.

4: Dia. 17.4mm; weight: 30.23g.

5: Dia. 17.9mm; weight: 30.67g.

6: Dia. 16.5mm; weight: 25.51g.

7: Dia. 10.4mm; weight: 7.45g.

8: Dia. 11.2mm; weight: 7.05g.

9: Dia. 11.5mm; weight: 6.75g.

Some have been used and have dents and flattened areas, possibly as a result of impact or post deposition damage. No. 1 has casting sprue and others have cast marks.

Ball shot generally date from after 1644, and most are late 17th/18th century in date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1650 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 448106
Old ref: IOW-792842
Filename: IOW2011-1-301.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/332417
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/332417/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/448106
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