Record ID: SWYOR-9C2E89
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast iron probable shot or cannon ball dating from the post-medieval period, about AD 1500-1700. It is a sphere of iron, with a slightly pitted and corroded surface, dark brown in colour. It is 39.5mm diameter (1,5 inches) and has a mass of 235g (eight and a quarter ounces). It may have been intended for use in a Serpentine cannon which had a nominal bore size of 1.5 inch diameter, firing shot weighing 0.75 lb, or a Rabinet cannon which fired shot weighing 8oz. Corrosion may have altered the size and weight of this example. Compare SOM-A0A8A2 which cites Blackmore (1990) Ar…
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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