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Record ID: LON-825F80
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Iron ball, used as shot.Has a ridge around the circumference indicating that it was made in a two-piece mould.
Created on: Monday 29th March 2004
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2020
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Record ID: LON-505445
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
cast iron shot, heavily corroded, circular in shape and dating to the post medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-D29A61
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron cannon ball, weighing just over one pound, probably linked to the Civil War. It is in fair condition.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-360DA5
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large piece of shot, found in a cob wall during building work at a 17th century house. It is likely to have been used as ballast when the wall was built.
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-3045A3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron shot with part of the seam where two halves were joined visible. The ball has a rough irregular surface.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Customs House', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-4383D5
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large spherical iron object, probably post medieval iron shot. The object weighs more than 1kg and has a diameter of 85mm. It has a pitted corroded surface.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-0AFC81
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete iron round shot of probable seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Diameter 39mm. (roughly 1.5 inches). Weight 217.28g. (7.6645 ounces). The shot is probably ammunition for a long barreled piece known as a culverin or robinet (Blackmore 1976, 391-409). It is slightly pitted and corroded. About 50% of the original surface survives.
Created on: Sunday 20th November 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-0D6564
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron circular shot, dating to the post medieval period. Corrosion has occurred on the surface, which has resulted in some pitting.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cannon Street', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B28924
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete iron cannon ball of Post Medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 – AD 1700). Diameter 72mm (2 ¾ inches). Weight 1106g. (2lb 6 7/8 ounces). The ball is spherical and was probably ammunition for a type of field gun known as a falcon (or fawcon).
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2006
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-03B3A4
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron cannon ball (6lb solid shot).
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marston Moor Rally 05', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-149832
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A selection of 141 iron round shots, lead shots and stone shots recovered by Eric and Gordan Hazelton from the intertidal zone in Harwich Harbour between 1972 and 1988. The 141 shots show a wide variety of calibres and probably come from a number of different artillery pieces. The lead and stone shots are the same type as those recovered from the wreck of ‘The Mary Rose’ which sank in 1545. Iron Round Shot There are 112 iron round shots. Four are marked with the arrow government mark. There are three socketed bar or ‘trundle’ shot spheres. The wrought iron bars have r…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-279D73
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron Post Medieval cannon ball . The ball has a diameter of 2.93 inches (74.6mm), and would weigh close to 4 lbs. The ball would probably have been used as ammunition for a 'Minion' cannon which was in common usage during the English Civil War. Circa 1600 - 1700 AD. Diameter 74.62mm.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2013
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Record ID: LVPL-5D4E02
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron shot, either a large musket ball or a very small cannon ball, dating from the 17-19th centuries. The surface is uneven due to corrosion.
Created on: Monday 27th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-427965
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval iron incomplete bar shot, probably reused as a weight (17th century). The object is spherical with a rib running circumferentially, one pole is flattened and there is a scar where a bar projected. Geoff Egan suggests this was originally one end of a dumbbell-shaped bar shot with the bar and other sphere removed possibly to reuse it as a weight. Dimensions: Diameter: 50.13mm; weight: 445.5g. Identification by Geoff Egan, PAS Finds Advisor Medieval and Post Medieval Artefacts. Identification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-979B63
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A shot or piece of ammunition made from iron dating from the post medieval period. It is spherical with a diameter of 29.5mm. It weighs 94.64g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-222891
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron cannon ball probably dating from the Civil War period. The ball is approximately 5 - 6 cm in diameter and weighs just over 3lb. The size and weight suggest that it is likely to be post medieval rather than Victorian, but it is very difficult to be certain.
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-7359D2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron cannon ball, and judging from the size and weight, probably for use in a Falconet dating from c. 1500-1700. A Falconet was a small cannon used both on land and in light naval vessels. A number were used during the English Civil War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconet_(cannon) ). It is 54mm in diameter and weighs 594gm.
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: NLM-095300
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron shot Solid cast iron shot. Diameter 82.29mm. (c.3 ½ inches). This calibre suggests the shot to be made for a saker or saker drake (a short-barrelled version), which were among the smaller smooth bore muzzle-loading field guns introduced c.1600, and remaining in use throughout the 17th century. Such guns might also form a light armament for merchant ships, or to defend fortifications. The saker is described by Henry and Delf (page 9 – citing Robert Norton, who wrote in 1643) as having a calibre of 3 ½ inches, firing shot weighing5 ½ lbs (c.2kg+). Reference: English Civil …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxhill's Plantation', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-E89AB3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron cannon ball of the Post-Medieval period. The ball is spherical with a somewhat corroded outer surface. Diameter is 63mm.
Created on: Friday 19th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-D8CCC1
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large iron ball, possibly a cannon ball, Post Medieval in date. It is spherical with some of the original surface having corroded away.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st December 2010
Spatial data recorded.