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CANNON BALL
Unique ID: SUR-3212C4
Object type certainty: Certain
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An iron artillery ball, now in a corroded state. The ball was found in a garden on the edge of Reading and may well relate to the siege of Reading during the English Civil War when, in April 1643, Parliamentary forces, using cannon, beseiged the Royalist garrison which later surrendered. The ball weighs 14 3/8 ounces (406g).
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1643
Date to: Circa AD 1643
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 406 g
Diameter: 49.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B12-545
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Reading (Unitary Authority)
District: Reading (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7172
Four figure Latitude: 51.442552
Four figure longitude: -0.979825
1:25K map: SU7172
1:10K map: SU77SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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