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TOY
Unique ID: YORYM-3A63E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy toy miniature cannon of late post-medieval date. The toy is comprised of a circular barrel, or cascable, which tapers in diameter from the bulbous knop, or cascable button, at one end to the muzzle at the other. The cascable end is slightly fluted with a double banded collar and circular perforation. Two trunnions, or basal lugs, for attachment to a block or stock, project midway along the barrel.
Parts of the muzzle and barrel have been lost to old worn breaks. The damage may have occurred through use, as this may have been a working model, or deposition.
The metal has a dark reddish-brown patina and is very worn. The cannon is 51.2mm long, 10.4mm in diameter and weighs 10.2g.
Numerous similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database including: Unique ID: SWYOR-E21697, IOW-9F60A7, LANCUM-EC68C8 and YORYM-6A5AA5.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.2 mm
Weight: 10.2 g
Diameter: 10.4 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hornsea (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1949
Four figure Latitude: 53.923472
Four figure longitude: -0.189349
1:25K map: TA1949
1:10K map: TA14NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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