Record ID: SUR-3212C4
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Reading
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron artillery ball, now in a corroded state. The ball was found in a garden on the edge of Reading and may well relate to the siege of Reading during the English Civil War when, in April 1643, Parliamentary forces, using cannon, beseiged the Royalist garrison which later surrendered. The ball weighs 14 3/8 ounces (406g).
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2013
Spatial data recorded.