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FIREARM
Unique ID: LANCUM-CE15A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy ramrod holder from a firearm, probably a musket or rifle. The fitting would have been located on the underside of the forestock of firearm to hold the ramrod in when it wasn't being used. The object is cylindrical, formed of a rectangular sheet of metal bent to form a near complete cylinder. Each side of the sheet has a full length sub rectangular lug projecting up from the cylinder, each with a central perforation. These lugs were the point of attachment to the firearm. The outer face is decorated with four moulded collars and three ridges evenly spaced along the length of the object and running around its circumference to the lugs. There has been minor damage at both ends. Dates from between c1700 and c1850 AD.
Measures 30mm in length, 14mm width, diameter 9mm, wall thickness 1.4mm, and weight 4.34g.
Class: ramrod holder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 4.34 g
Diameter: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Sunday 1st January 2006
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Bilbrough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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