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Record ID: NMS-3EF9D3
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy musket trigger guard, a D-sectioned bar broken across the stump of a projection on the flat reverse and terminating in an acorn knop pierced by an attachment hole, with cross-hatched engraving on the front of the cup and a round concavity on the reverse. Very similar objects include NARC-8C6AB9, BH-A46DF3, WMID-EC87E2, NMS-34A6F3 and HAMP-CDCB41. Weight 18.11g. Extant length 68mm. Width 17.3mm. Thickness 4.3mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Friday 28th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
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Record ID: NARC-8C6AB9
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Trigger Guard of Post-Medieval to Modern date (AD 1720-1860). The object is a guard, shaped to fit between the barrel and the stock, for a musket or pistol. The object is composed of a semi-oval with incurving ends, with one retained tapering arm extending from above the incurves. One end tapers outwards to a raised horizontal ridge above an acorn knop, which has an incised crosshatched upper portion, and rounded lower projection. The opposing end terminates in and old, abraded transverse break. To the back of the retained arm, toward the junction with the cu…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: IOW-B5D2B6
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy jag for cleaning the barrel of a black-powder musket, 16th century AD. A large cast implement comprising three distinct stages. The uppermost is a rounded or conical terminal with a dimple at its end suggesting the object was worked on a lathe, with five sharp ridges or flanges around it whose crisp definition suggests they were either cut or deepened by cutting. Four symmetrically arranged vertical cross-cuts subdivide these flanges. The second stage is the shaft that has three faces, each with a linear series of triangular facets; the tri…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7D32D8
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible ramrod pipe, from a musket or other muzzle loading firearm, as kindly identified by a mamber of the PAS Central Unit, who notes parallels on the database: KENT-1D27C8, IOW-E8B043, PUBLIC-B7C7F3, SUR-398FB8. Cast cylinder, slightly tapered, open at each end and thickened at the mouth of the apertures, with an integrally cast rectangular tab set at the midpoint bearing a drilled suspension hole. A narrow [2.3mm] stripe of rocker-work passes along the full length of the object on either side. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800 Length: 41.1mm, Diamete…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-230B47
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval to Modern copper alloy musket or pistol, of which only the cast copper alloy trigger guard survives, dating to c. AD1700-1850. The remaining piece is part of the main bow section of the guard, curved, C shaped, with very shallow oval section. It tapers from a clear break at the wide end to a narrow end where the metal has been shaped into a tighter curve with a flat butt with extended head. There appear to be breaks at both ends of this butt, very worn and older than the main break. What is clearly the outer surface shows wea…
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-CA7D65
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded fragment of a late post medieval or early modern musket or pistol (c.1700-1850), of which only the cast copper alloy trigger guard survives. The remaining piece is part of the main bow section of the guard, which is broken off at either end. The deeply arched bow is sub-lenticular in plan and curves to the foot, where it splits into two projections. One element curves inwards pointing towards the broken off foot at the other end while the other bends outwards at right angles, ending at a rivet hole, of which only half survives. The front is decorated with parall…
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
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Record ID: NLM-017F71
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jag, for cleaning the barrel of a gun, as kindly identified by Steve Toomer; the object was initially identified as a Roman pin head by this reporter. Steve kindly comments: 'while browsing the PAS looking for examples of Pins I came across NLM-017F71 in the records, I was wondering if it may be a Jag, they had oiled cloth wrapped around them for smoothbore rifles & shotguns, examples in the picture below. Although the item you have recorded shows great age it has a striking resemblance to the images of a Jag like the one bottom left [referring to a picture attached to…
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2022
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Record ID: SUR-D57BFE
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval to Modern trigger guard, from a musket or pistol (c.AD1700-1850). The remaining piece is part of the main bow section of the guard, which has a flattened lenticular cross section. It has a triangular foot at one end which has broken away from the fixing plate and a break at the other end across the bow. The front may be decorated with faint incised lines, although corrosion has rendered any design illegible.
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th November 2019
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Record ID: NLM-4896C6
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy musket ramrod pipe. Cast cylinder with an elongated pointed projection at one end with a curved supporting lip of two orders beneath it, and with a worn residual collar - now extending only half way round - at the other end. A rectangular lug with a U-shaped groove is set on top of the mouth of the cylinder at its extended end. A fan of finely incised lines extends along the outer surface of the point. The finder kindly identifies this object as a pipe to retain a ramrod for a muzzle loading musket, formerly fitted below the barrel. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-180…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F47D26
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy gun fragment. A thick cast plate with an oval end of plano-convex section bearing two drilled fixing holes of diameter 4mm, and sharply kinked beyond these to continue in two narrowed stages of lentoid section. The fixing point was secured against another, flat, part of the object while its continuation was probably open. Darkened by treatment with oil or lacquer in antiquity. The finder kindly identifies this as part of the trigger assembly from a rifle, or at least from a firearm. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900 Length: 57.6mm, Width: 23.6mm, Thickness: 5.5m…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-18B995
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy trigger guard for a musket, c AD 1720-1860. The trigger guard is shaped to fit between the barrel and the stock. It consists of a semi-oval with incurving ends, large enough to fit two fingers. Two tapering arms extend from above the incurves. One end tapers outwards to a raised horizontal ridge before a break whilst the other ends in an old break. There is a piece of metal set at a right angle, but now slightly bent, and bored with a small hole that is designed to fix the guard to the stock or barrel. The length is 103.22mm, width 23.55mm at its widest,…
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: WMID-EC87E2
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Post Medieval, copper alloy mount, which is probably part of a trigger guard from a musket. The object is sub-rectangular in form and D-shaped in cross section. The object has broken off from where the curved section of the trigger guard would have begun. From the broken end, the object has slightly-tapering sides, which give way to a pair of moulded horizontal bands of differing widths forming a terminal base. The object then tapers slightly towards an acorn-shaped terminal, which ends in a point. On the face of the acorn cup, there is evidence of an incised cross-h…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-499132
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval to Modern trigger guard, from a musket or pistol (c.AD1700-1850). The remaining piece is part of the main bow section of the guard. It is bow shaped and is oval in plan. It has a damaged rectangular foot at one end, the other end is broken. The front is decorated with incised lines forming a border and inside a three petal flower with leaves across its length. The reverse is plain. The object measures 72.9mm long, 16.8mm wide and 3.6mm thick. It weighs 19 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C89908
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trigger guard, 65mm in length, 17mm wide and 19mm thick with a weight of 15.36g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a flat plate with a flat triangular projection at one end. This is decorated with an incised line across the shaft and then two lines curving outwards from the transverse line and into the sides of the triangle. At the the other end the object has a rounded terminal and from just in front of this is a curving sub rectangular transverse projection. This is the broken base of a trigger guard and behind it in…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7BCBE8
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy mount, probably a trigger guard from a musket, 66mm long, 12mm wide and 16mm thick with a weight of 17.05g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It is incomplete but consists of part of a rectangular shaft which terminates in a raised collar and has an incised border near its edge. Above this is a small sub triangular plate, above which is an acorn shaped terminal with cross hatching on its lower section. The rectangular plate houses a sub rectangular protrusion on its reverse side positioned centrally at its present base. see NMS-34A6F3
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEE0B6
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable musket buttplate dating 16th to 18th century AD. The plate is oval and depicts a face that appears to be anthropogenic. The length is 28mm and the width is 23mm. .
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: SUR-463E4C
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval to Modern copper-alloy front pipe for a ramrod on a musket of possible Brown Bess type. The object has a pierced attachment tab.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: NLM-13D21C
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible musket fragment. A symmetrical pair of cast copper alloy plates with moulded decorative detail, resembling a leaf or wing in their form, brazed to and linked at their upper ends by a round section open loop, and at their lower ends brazed to and linked by the square section arms of a Y-shaped object with a round section screw threaded shank below it. Possibly from the mechanism of a muzzle loading gun; the loops and Y shaped object appear aptly sized to permit a gun barrel to pass through or between them. It is, however, uncertain whether the current orientation …
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wheldrake', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3CDC8A
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy musket fitting, as kindly identified by David Williams, correcting an initial identification as a cockspur offered by the finder with reference to PAS record WMID-401750. David comments: 'This is from the tail pipe of a ramrod holder for a musket'. A cast and elongated concavo-convex triangular point. The convex face bears a border and two overlapping scales in low relief towards the broader end. This end is slightly thickened on its inner or concave side, where extensive white metal plating traces remain. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Length: 52.7mm, Wi…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-D6D06D
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval fitting with an acorn terminal from the underside of a musket, to the rear of the trigger guard. The fragment has one rivet hole.
Created on: Saturday 19th September 2015
Last updated: Sunday 27th June 2021
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