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TOY
Unique ID: LANCUM-6220C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval brass toy cannon. The barrel and trunions are complete but the frame it was originally mounted in is lost. Probably dating to between c1700 and c1900 AD. It appears to have been turned or finished on a powered lathe so most likely to have been constructed in the late 1800's.
The length is 31mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 3.29g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 3.29 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Fylde (District)
To be known as: Lytham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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