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Post medieval: Cannon ball
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Berkshire Archaeology, David Williams, 2013-06-26 16:20:30
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Post medieval: Cannon ball
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English: An iron cannon ball weighing just over five pounds and just over three inches in diameter. This was probably fired by a Saker artillery piece. This had a calibre of 3.5" and fired a shot of about 5.25lbs. Sakers could be used either in battles or sieges. Therefore it may relate to the siege of Donnington Castle or one of the two battles of Newbury, possibly the second one (27 October 1644), where the garrison on Donnington Castle saw the approaching flank movement of the Parliamentary Army.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Berkshire
Date 1644
date QS:P571,+1644-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 565769
Old ref: SUR-2D3E56
Filename: B13-307.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/431387
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/431387/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/565769
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Object location51° 23′ 26.88″ N, 1° 19′ 42.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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