2024-03-28T17:23:53+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276972/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276972/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276972/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276972/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276972/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276972/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276972276972DUR-2A7B530014B02A8C801C5ECANNON BALL54.5511MEDIEVAL14001700Stone cannon ball from the late Medieval period- Post Medieval period, c. 1400-1700.
It is a spherical stone ball with some pock marks on its surface but mainly smooth. Natasha Ferguson of the Battlefield Archaeology Centre, Glasgow has seen an image of this item and comments 'Dating these things closely is impossible as they occasionally used stone cannon balls during the English Civil war if supplies or iron or lead were low'2009-11-17 13:44:402011-02-24 13:56:364012009-10-01Certain1329360014B02A8C801C5E24DURStone11794CompleteMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxMetal detectorCirca2761984360722184360741422NZ3735NZ3735NZ33NE54.708662-1.4272786100228957atkinson DUR-2A7B53.jpg218851Medieval stone cannon ball5images/frances/North EastCharacter undeterminedGrassland, HeathlandEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityCounty DurhamUnitary AuthorityCounty DurhamCivil Parish54.7006-1.42461Trimdon95173