File:Cannon ball (FindID 440890).jpg

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Cannon ball
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2011-05-06 10:08:00
Title
Cannon ball
Description
English: A cast iron cannon ball, and judging from the size and weight, probably for use in a Falconet dating from c. 1500-1700. A Falconet was a small cannon used both on land and in light naval vessels. A number were used during the English Civil War (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconet_">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconet_</a>(cannon) ).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Sheffield
Date between 1500 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 440890
Old ref: SWYOR-3B97A2
Filename: P1010067.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/326403
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/326403/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/440890
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