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TOY

Unique ID: PUBLIC-091D13

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete, Post-Medieval, copper-alloy, toy cannon. The barrel has circumferential mouldings and a breech chamber with a vent-hole. The barrel is broken at the open end. There are the stubs of two trunnions or basal lugs for attachment to a block or stock. The end of the breech chamber is capped by a rounded knop.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1675
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 47.4 mm
Weight: 12.49 g
Diameter: 10.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 31st December 2011

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Skidbrooke

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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