Record ID: SOM-C1BE37
Object type: FLINTLOCK PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron trigger mechanism and attached hammer of a large flintlock pistol, possibly a Brown Bess lock (Noel Hulme, 1969, fig. 214, fig. 69, no. 5). The trigger mechanism is formed of two parts, the body of the trigger and a jaw screw, both of which survive. The terminal of the mechanism has two horizontal plates, the jaws, which would have held the flint. The jaws are connect together and to the hammer by a vertical bar running down one side. The screw runs vertically through the jaws adjacent to the side fixed by the vertical bar and would have tightened to hold the flint in place. T…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croscombe', grid reference and parish protected.