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TOY
Unique ID: BH-F43D87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy toy miniature cannon dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1600-c. AD 1800). The toy cannon is of typical form. The cascabel has a globular knob and then expands into the first reinforce. The touch hole is placed on a circumferentially moulded band which is concave towards its middle. The trunnions are centrally positioned and projected evenly to either side. With the touch-hole facing up, the trunnions appear to be slightly off centre sitting low on the barrel. The barrel tapers slightly before flaring at the muzzle. It is decorated with a number of incised single bands evenly placed along the barrel. The muzzle flares outwards. The object would have originally had wheels and a wooden gun carriage, all of which have subsequently been lost or decayed in the ground. The cannon measures 104mm in length, 15mm maximum diameter, 8mm minimum diameter, 30mm in width across the trunnions, and weighs 49.60 grams.
Class: Cannon
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 104 mm
Width: 30 mm
Weight: 49.6 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 7th April 2018 - Saturday 7th April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
Parish or ward: Cranford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9375
Four figure Latitude: 52.36517092
Four figure longitude: -0.63560339
1:25K map: SP9375
1:10K map: SP97NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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