Rights Holder: Oliver Clark
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-FDE5B4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete post medieval gun flint from a flintlock musket or pistol dating AD 1650-1850. It is almost triangular in plan but trapezoidal in cross-section. There is only working on three of the edges. The flint is orange brown in colour and no cortex survives.
Dimensions: Length: 24mm; Width: 22mm; Thickness: 7mm; Weight: 3.57g.
Parallel records on the PAS database: CPAT-073E64, GAT-10401D.
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).
Reference: Bond, C. (2004) PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics: PAS, pp163-164.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 3.57 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd March 2015
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TQ3580
Four figure Latitude: 51.50281974
Four figure longitude: -0.05635779
1:25K map: TQ3580
1:10K map: TQ38SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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