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Group of 18 musket balls of large calibre
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dot Boughton, 2011-03-31 15:27:10
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Group of 18 musket balls of large calibre
Description
English: A cache of 18 cast lead-alloy musket shots of a larger calibre dating from the 17th-18th century. Except one which is slightly smaller and lighter (c.12.64g), they are all are relatively large (c. 17mm in diameter) and weigh between 32.74g and 33.71g.

The musket balls come from a bag marked "17th-18th century musket balls from the foreshore of Sunderland Point" and had been kept at a nearby primary school as handling objects for their history classes.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date between 1600 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 436490
Old ref: LANCUM-48D047
Filename: LCM48D047.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/322870
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/322870/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/436490
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