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Cannon ball of probable post-medieval (possibly English Civil War) date (1600-1700AD).
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Peter Reavill, 2004-08-24 14:44:20
Title
Cannon ball of probable post-medieval (possibly English Civil War) date (1600-1700AD).
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English: Cannon ball of probable post-medieval (possibly English Civil War) date (1600-1700AD). 

 The cannonball is sub-spherical with a diameter of 76mm. It weighs 1569 grams (3lbs 7.25ozs). It is made of iron which has been presumably cast. There is a small linear ridge running around part of the ball, which might be the remains of the casting flange.
The ball is of a mid-brown orange colour with areas of flaking and active corrosion. The cannon ball is in fairly good condition; however, there are a number of areas which exhibit pitting, denting, and grazes. This might suggest either use or, more likely, damage in the soil. The size of the ball suggests that it was possibly for a 3.5 inch bore cannon called a Minion which fired a ball weighing approximately 4lb (Bailey, G. 2000: Finds Identified, Greenlight Publishing: pages 94-95).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Shropshire
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 73178
Old ref: HESH-B38553
Filename: HESH-B38553.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/34427
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/34427/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/73178
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Object location52° 48′ 48.6″ N, 2° 47′ 21.55″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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