Record ID: PUBLIC-40E72C
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged Post Medieval cast lead powder measure with a nozzle used for measuring and pouring a charge of gunpowder. The sides of the upper part of the measure have been shredded and collapsed, probably through contact with agricultural machinery. The rim of the measure would probably have been oval in plan, prior to being damaged. On one side of the measure, close to the base, is a misshapen flat loop, and the other, a small potrusion where a loop would have been present. Projecting from the base is a tapering integral nozzle which would deliver the powder charge …
Created on: Monday 11th July 2016
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A633B9
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy slug or shot for use in a pistol of post medieval date (AD1600-1800). The shot is cylindrical with a relatively well formed surface patina. It is well formed, suggesting that it has not been fired. One end is flat and the other is slightly domed, and the circumference of the cylinder has been shaved, leaving eight facets The colour of the projectile is a pale grey-white. It shows some signs of surface scarring, probably caused by agricultural machinery; there is no delamination on the surface of the shot. Similar shot have been dated to the later post-medieval per…
Created on: Monday 19th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knighton on Teme', grid reference and parish protected.