Record ID: IOW-FD0E5E
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval handmade lead alloy powder measure cap, c.AD 1600-1700. This measure would have been cylindrical when undamaged with one end left open and the other closed. The sides are pushed inwards so that the open end is squashed together with only the base remaining sub circular. The cap is a white colour, and has loop attachments on either side of the closed top.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A78C81
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and misshapen cast lead cap for a powder measure. The open end of the cap is distorted and has a low external bead at the rim.  The closed end of the cap is oval. It is thicker than the sides and has a slightly chamfered edge. Projecting from the edge at the closed end are two integral loops set opposite each other. Date: Post-Medieval - c. 1600-1700 Dimensions: 14.24 mm x 26.60 mm x 17.31 mm Weight: 13.71 g The cap would have been part of a small flask holding enough powder for a complete charge for the weapon, several of which were attached to the band…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
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Record ID: DOR-F8EAE4
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and misshapen cast lead cap for a powder measure. Originally, the open end would have been circular or perhaps oval in plan. The open end has a plain rim. The closed end of the cap is thicker than the sides and has a slightly raised rim around the top edge edge. Along one side is a raised casting seam with a slight projection, probably from a loop, now missing. The loop enabled the cap to be attached separately to the bandolier (belt) of the wearer so that they could be removed without being lost. The cap was used for measuring a charge of gunpowder and would have been part…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iwerne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E0F175
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval powder measure cap, c. 17th century AD.  The open end of the measure has been squashed inwards so that only the base retains its original sub-circular shape in plan. On one side a small loop survives, and the remains of the attachment are evident on the other side, though the loop is missing. There are two vertical lines cast into the measure, running from the open end to the base on opposite sides (and in between the loops).  Height: 14.98mm, diameter at base: 18.26mm, weight: 16.24g. Cf. Courtney, 1988: 2, fig. 3.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
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Record ID: DOR-54AC3A
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy powder flask cap. A cap for a powder holder. Open at one end and closed at the other. The cap is oval at the flat, closed end and squashed and misshapen and the open end. There are two loops at the closed end, one either side. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1600 - 1700 Dimensions: 33.32 mm x 20.32 mm x 15.90 mm Weight 19.93 g. The cap probably dates to the 17th century (Courtney, P. 1988 'Small Arms Accessories of the mid Seventeenth Century' Finds Research Group Datasheet 11) Frank Basford comments on a similar example recorded in database record IOW-4869F8 The loops enable…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Record ID: SOM-7A5F63
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead powder charger cap of probable seventeenth century date. The cap is squashed but originally circular with an open end and flat top. There are two loops set opposite each other on the top of the cap.
Created on: Sunday 30th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-CEA26A
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead powder measure cap with two attachment lugs. On the upper face is a single cast ring and dot decoration.
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2017
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Record ID: SUR-170769
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A distorted and squashed lead alloy lid from a Post Medieval powder measure with two projecting loops.
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2017
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Record ID: SOMDOR-CAC8E1
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Squashed lead cylinder, open at one end. Remnants of one and one complete side loop on the edge of the closed top. Used to cap one of twelve small powder charge flasks carried on a bandolier by infantry musketeers. A cord was threaded through the loops for attachment. Dimensions - 25.36 mm x 16.95 mm x 16.11 mm Weight - 10.36 g
Created on: Monday 24th April 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2017
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Record ID: SOM-0A4F4B
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead powder measure cap, dating to the period AD 1600-1700. The object comprises a oval base, with straight sides, giving the appearance of a cup. There are two surviving attachment loops at opposite ends of the cap on the long axis. It is creamy-grey in colour. The cap measures 17.15mm high, is 15.8mm wide, 26.1mm long and the material is 2.45mm thick. It weighs 19.5g. Such powder caps are common finds on most civil war sites (Courtney 1988: 2), and the find probably dates to the 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton CP', grid reference and parish protected.