Record ID: DENO-589F08
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped gun-flint with lead casing from a flintlock musket of the Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1750. The flint is broadly square in plan and trapezoidal in section. The flint a mid grey in colour going darker towards the bottom. The flint comes to a sloped point at the top, there is some damage to the top of the tip, and to the sides. The object is enclosed on all four sides with a lead casing which comes about two thirds of the way up the object, the lead casing appears folded on the left side of the reverse. The reverse is flat. The object…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2017
Spatial data recorded.