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MUSKET BALL
Unique ID: KENT-39148F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead musket ball dating to the post-medieval period c.17th-19th centuries.
Description: The musket ball is spherecal and appears to have a sprue scar remaining as well as distinct 'flash' visible along the mould line. Likely this was caused by the two mould halves having been poorly seated. Normally lost through bumping in transport or through use, here it is intact, suggesting the bullet was found close to its point of manufacture and was never fired.
Measurements: 16.68mm in diameter and 22.3g in weight
Discussion: This musket ball likely comes from a musket with a bore similar to a Dragoon Musket or Bastard Musket in use during the 17th century (Foard 2009). Due the variation in bore for arms in private hands it is not possible to be certain this musket ball comes from the weapons referenced, although a 17th century or later date is likely.
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 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 22.3 g
Diameter: 16.68 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Swale (District)
Parish or ward: Teynham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9665
Four figure Latitude: 51.3502677
Four figure longitude: 0.81325469
1:25K map: TQ9665
1:10K map: TQ96NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foard, G. | 2009 | Guidance on Recording Lead Bullets from Early Modern Battlefields | London | University College London |
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