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Unique ID: SOM-18D721
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval or modern gunflint from a flintlock musket. The flint is broadly rectangular in plan. The ventral surface is smooth and relatively flat; the bulb of percussion is absent. The dorsal face is bevelled on all sides, the bevel on the lower edge is more gradual than the others creating a sloping centre. There is some retouching or chipping to the upper edge and down the right edge on the ventral face and chipping along the lower edge. The flint is a dark grey colour with paler mottling. It is 23.1mm by 20.2mm by 8.1mm and weighs 5.66 grams.
Notes:
The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and would last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced (Bond 2004, 163-164).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.1 mm
Width: 20.2 mm
Thickness: 8.1 mm
Weight: 5.66 g
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Other reference: SCC reciept 20738
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: ST1630
Four figure Latitude: 51.063168
Four figure longitude: -3.200088
1:25K map: ST1630
1:10K map: ST13SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme |