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CANNON BALL
Unique ID: LANCUM-B87E37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An iron post-medieval cannon ball, probably dating to the 17th century. It is cylindrical. It measures 95mm in diameter. The size suggests that it was intended to be fired from a demi-culverin, a medium cannon in use during the late 16th and 17th century. Other options might be that it is a ball from a ball mill for crushing minerals or a foreign cannon ball of unidentified type.
Blackmore, H. L. 1976. The Armouries of the Tower of London. Vol. 1, Ordnance, 216. London: HMSO.
The diameter is 90mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 90 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th October 2017 - Monday 9th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
Parish or ward: Caton-with-Littledale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD5364
Four figure Latitude: 54.06977793
Four figure longitude: -2.71969371
1:25K map: SD5364
1:10K map: SD56SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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