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Post-medieval iron cannon ball
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2006-09-24 22:47:57
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Post-medieval iron cannon ball
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English: Cast iron round shot or cannon ball, partly corroded so that there is little sign of a mid-rib or casting mark. The cannon ball weighs 480g which is about 1lb, and is almost 50 mm in diameter, or 2 inches, which was common in the 18th century.

A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. Although a variety of such guns are commonly referred to as ‘cannon’, the term specifically refers to a gun designed to fire a 42lb shot as opposed to a Demi-cannon (32lb), Culverin (18lb) or Demi-culverin (9lb). This cannon ball weighs only 1lb and may have been fired from a naval swivel gun with a 2-3 inch bore. As this shot was found near the sea, this last option is the most likely.

Read (1988) illustrates a 2 lb cannon ball on page 205, No.1436, which is dated to the 18th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 1700 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 143585
Old ref: CORN-6AD6C3
Filename: find 018.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/114532
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/114532
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/143585
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