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Post-medieval gun flint
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2014-01-29 11:21:56
Title
Post-medieval gun flint
Description
English: A post-medieval gun-flint possibly from a flintlock musket. The flint is broadly rectangular in plan and a classic wedge shape. The ventral surface is smooth and relatively flat; the strike comes in at an angle; the bulb of percussion is absent. The dorsal face is bevelled on all sides, more shallowly towards the distal end. There is some retouching to the distal end. The flint is a dark grey in colour.

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The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and would last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced. A gun-flint workshop is known from Over Wallop, Hampshire (Bond 2004, 163-164).

The curved back indicates an early date probably c. 1650s - c. 1775 (Dr Hugo Lamdin-Whymark pers. comm. 26 April 2012 - HAMP-A1B4F6). Late wedge gun-flints (c. 1775 - c. 1809) are typically rectangular in plan and resemble the platform type of gun flint that first appears c. 1775. Cf HAMP-A1B4F6.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Swindon
Date between 1650 and 1775
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1775-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 591294
Old ref: WILT-73BBC7
Filename: WILT-73BBC7.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/454260
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/454260
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/591294
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