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TOY
Unique ID: SUR-F6DB32
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval cast copper alloy toy cannon. The cannon is 100mm in length and measures 31.59mm across the trunnions and 16.68mm across the cascabel. Unfortunately the weight was not recorded. The cannon has a raised band and an incuse groove behind the muzzle, an incuse groove forward of the trunnions, and a touch hole forward of the cascobel. The lower side of the cannon has been impressively torn between the trunnions and the raised band from the force of an accidental explosion.
This cannon is as large as the largest recorded by Egan 2005 (79-84). Dating remains uncertain but in general terms the cannon appears to be of 18th century date.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in PostMedArch
Class: cannon
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: 92.97 mm
Diameter: 15.61 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Bracknell Forest (Unitary Authority)
District: Bracknell Forest (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winkfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU9370
Four figure Latitude: 51.42139306
Four figure longitude: -0.66388963
1:25K map: SU9370
1:10K map: SU97SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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