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Cannon ball
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Graham Bould, 2013-04-17 19:47:36
Title
Cannon ball
Description
English: An iron cannon ball, dated to the 16th to the 18th century. There is some surface rust but no lamination.

The diameter of 45 mm (1.77 inches) may indicate the cannon ball is from a 'Falconet'.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
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: 555987
Old ref: PUBLIC-EEDB54
Filename: Cannon ball.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/423849
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/423849/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/555987
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