MUSKET BALL
Unique ID: SWYOR-4C9803
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is spherical. It has a diameter of 18.07mm. The ball has a very good smooth surface. It has a good patina. The colour of the ball is light brown/creamy grey. There is a big visible casting spur and possible slip. It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney’s “Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century” (1988) and on page 202 of “Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition” by Geoff Egan (2005).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1644
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 30.91 g
Diameter: 18.07 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th August 2007
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Chris
Hall
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Identified by: Mr Chris
Hall - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: ch2007-18
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
Parish: Long Marston
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE1515
Four figure Latitude: 53.631315 Four figure longitude: -1.774646
1:25K map: SE1515
1:10K map: SE11NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
- Courtney, P, 1988. Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century : Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 11, pp
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Created:
Sunday 28th October 2007
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
