Record ID: SF7987
Object type: BULLET MOULD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
One half of a copper-alloy mould for a musket ball. It is rectangular, measuring 19 x 21 mm, and in the centre of one face is a 13 mm diameter hemispherical hollow. In the centre of one of the longer sides is a V-shaped notch with a semi-circular top; into this gate the lead would have been poured. To either side of the notch are diagonal grooves. At the top of the gate, the mould-half is 8 mm thick, but it tapers to 6.5 mm thick at the opposite edge. There are two pins which project in two of the corners of the hollowed face. These pins appear to be separate, and would have serve…
Created on: Friday 25th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.