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Cannon ball
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2010-09-15 10:56:45
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Cannon ball
Description
English: A cast, copper alloy ball, probably a small cannonball dating from 1750-1850. It is 34.37mm in diameter (1.35 inches) and weighs 187gm (5.875 ounces). This does not match any of the standard sizes known for late eighteenth or early 19th century cannonballs, the closest match being for a Serpentine, which fired balls of 1.5 inches in diameter. It is also unusual in being of copper alloy, but this has very little metal-on-metal friction, which made it invaluable for use in cannon where iron cannonballs would otherwise stick in the barrel.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leeds
Date between 1750 and 1850
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 402521
Old ref: SWYOR-152EE4
Filename: PAS_1154_cannon.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/297035
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/297035/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/402521
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