File:Cannon Ball (FindID 133155).jpg

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Cannon Ball
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Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, Nina Steele, 2006-05-22 14:41:16
Title
Cannon Ball
Description
English: Small possible cannon ball found whilst metal detecting near to Amlwch. It is in good condition, and has a dark brown surface patina.

It may be the type of cannon ball fired by a falconet cannon (Bailey 2000, 94-5). These are 1.5lbs in weight and fired from cannon with a 2 inch (5.08 cm) bore (ibid.). It was not possible to accurately date the object, but if it is a cannon ball it is likely to date from the 18th century although some sources have suggested that these cannon were in use from the 16th century.

An alternative interpretation for the object is as a ball used to crush ore. This is also possible due to the proximity of the find spot to Mynydd Parys copper mine.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Anglesey
Date POST MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 133155
Old ref: GAT-DDF9D5
Filename: PRN 24020-002.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/103053
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/103053/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/133155
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 19 November 2020)
Object location53° 24′ 11.88″ N, 4° 21′ 47.66″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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