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Unique ID: LANCUM-B5FE32
Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast copper alloy minature cannon, similar to guns of the eighteenth century. The stepped trunions suggest the gun was intended to be mounted in a gun carriage, so possibly a copy of a naval gun. Many of these cannons were fired and are often found with exploded barrels from mis-fires. There are good parallels on the PAS database, SUSS-68AA74, YORYM-6A2D04, LANCUM-EC68C8 are similar. The length is 112mm, the thickness is 19mm and the width is 25mm. The gun dates sometime between c1650 and 1900AD, but probably more likely dating to the last half of eighteenth, or first half of the nineteenth century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 112 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th June 2012
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Other reference: SUSS-68AA74, YORYM-6A2D04, LANCUM-EC68C8
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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