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Record ID: SOM-EFD598
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron ball, probably round shot, that is a cannon ball, dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD1500-1900. The object, which is pitted and corroded, has a diameter of c.100mm and a weight of 3919g, c. 4kg. In recording a similar piece Kinnear states: This corresponds closely with the dimensions and weight of four inch, 'nine-pounder' (weighing 9lbs) ordnance. Shot of this size were used in the 16th and 17th centuries in a gun known as the Demi Culverin. However, the shot could also date from the later period. In the 18th century ordnance was regularised, and the Chie…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CD7C82
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable lead cannon ball dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1560-1800. The object has no obvious casting seam or sprue, and is abraded, with several recesses and incision marks. It has a patchy dark patina, and a diameter of 100mm and weighs 134g. The diameter would be approximately correct for the smallest bore cannon ordnance, a rabinet. Compare the similarly sized examples SWYOR-503D18 and SWYOR-7E0827. All three objects were found within a relatively similar area within North Yorkshire.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-5A4EAE
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron sphere, probably a small post-Medieval cannon ball (c. 1500-1850). The ball measures c60mm in diameter and weighs 701.5g. The surface of the object is heavily corroded.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: WMID-12592D
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy cannonball of probable Post medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1800). The cannon ball is sub spherical in shape, with a casting seam around the centre. There are multiple short grooves across the surface, these have probably been created whilst in the ploughsoil. The top of the probable cannonball has some casting voids. It has a diameter of 83.6 mm and weighs 2,355 g. The cannonball is a mid to dark grey colour.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
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Record ID: HESH-711E24
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large iron cannon ball of post-medieval (probably English Civil War) date (1600-1700AD). The cannon ball is sub-spherical with a diameter of c. 5 inches [4 inches 3/4) or 119.4mm. It weighs 7.2 kilograms (15lbs 8ozs). It is made of iron which has been presumably cast - although the seams cannot be seen. The ball is of a mid-brown orange colour with a small area of flaking / active corrosion. The cannon ball is in fairly good condition; however, there are a number of areas which exhibit pitting, denting, and grazes. This damage is as a direct result of the exposing of casting flaws b…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-51CC3A
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible lead cannon ball of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1500-1700). The object is a misshapen sphere with one face appearing more uniform round and plain and the other surface more misshapen. One surface of the ball is marked by a rectangular iron projection suggesting that the object has an iron core. The object has a light grey patina and the iron projection is a brownish-red colour. The object is 55.6mm in diameter and weighs 712g. The weight of this object (approximately 1.5lb) suggests it may have been fired from a Falconet cannon. Other similar crudely cast lead can…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-1A63F8
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron cannon ball of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1580 - 1706. The cannon ball is spherical with an irregular corroded exterior surface. Due to corrosion it may be smaller than originally made. However, its present diameter and weight may indicate that it was used in a saker, minion or falcon, c. AD 1580 - 1706 Diameter: 68mm (2.67 inches). Weight: 1176g (2.59lbs).
Created on: Friday 17th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-00805D
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable lead cannon ball dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1560-1800. The object has no obvious casting seam or sprue, and is abraded, with several recesses and incision marks. It has a patchy white patina, and a diameter of 30.5mm and weighs 143.07g. The diameter would be approximately correct for the smallest bore cannon ordnance, a rabinet. Compare the similarly sized examples SWYOR-503D18 and SWYOR-7E0827. All three objects were found within a relatively similar area within North Yorkshire.
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: HESH-2905A3
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron cannon ball of post-medieval (probably English Civil War) date (1600-1700AD). The cannonball is sub-spherical with a diameter of c. 3 inches [4 inches 3/16]) or 75.9mm. It weighs 1.6 kilograms (3lbs 8ozs). It is made of iron which has been presumably cast - although the seams cannot be seen. The ball is of a mid-brown orange colour with areas of flaking and active corrosion. The cannon ball is in fairly good condition; however, there are a number of areas which exhibit pitting, denting, and grazes. This damage is as a direct result of the exposing of casting flaws by corrosion…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gnosall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8CD386
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval small iron cannon shot, probably dating from AD 1600 - 1800. It is sub-spherical and has bumps of corrosion on the surface. The ball is 37.4mm in diameter and weighs 183.94g. The size and weight suggest that this could be for use in a Rabinet cannon which had a bore of approximately 38mm. There is no evidence of impact. Compare SOM-A0A8A2 which cites Blackmore (1990) Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, Royal Armouries, p. 83. Light cannon were developed in the late 15th century, but this is likely to date from the English Civil War if it is a cannon ball. …
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NARC-9E5E75
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete possible stone Cannon Ball of Late Medieval to Post Medieval date (1640-1760). The object is sub-spherical and made from what appears to be igneous rock, perhaps granite. At 3 inches diameter, this ball has a suitable bore for a Saker or Minion cannon used in the Civil War between 1642 and 1651. Diameter: 76.59mm
Created on: Monday 1st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: BERK-02D25B
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three complete iron cannon balls, possibly for a falconet. Weights 488grmas (x2) and 486 grams (just over a pound each). 510mm diamater (2 inches). Very faint casting seam visible around the girth of each one. Cannonball or agricultural balls?
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-F0EFAF
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval iron cannon ball, dating to c. AD 1600 - 1800. The cannon ball is spherical in shape and has a slightly encrusted red-brown patina. It is 53.76mm in diameter and weighs 579g. See LANCUM-B8743B for an example of similar size and weight, which is recorded as possibly being from a Minion cannon in use from the mid-16th century through to the end of the 17th, possibly dating to the English Civil War.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-518E17
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead cannonball of either late medieval or post-medieval date. The cannonball is spherical with a numerous marked, flattened and scratched areas in the surface. It is 43.28mm in diameter and weighs 414.5g (roughly 14.6 ounces).
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2019
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Record ID: SOM-785940
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval spherical iron cannon ball. The ball weighs 229.11g and measures 57.2mm in diameter. It may have lost a sections of the surface due to corrosion. Blackmore (1976, 392ff.) suggests balls of this size were fired from a 2.5 inch (63.5mm) bore cannon, the Falcon or falconet, which fired a ball weighing approximately 2lbs (907.2g). As this type endured from the later 16th century through the following century including the Civil War, with slight fluctuations in its diameter and weight of shot, a relatively wide date range is offered, c. AD 1575-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasedown St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-A3E0C1
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast iron cannon ball. The cannon ball is spherical in shape and has a dark reddish brown patina. The cannon ball may have been fired from a minion or falcon cannon. The minion cannon had a small bore of around 3.5 inches, while the falcon had a 2.5 inch bore (Bailey 2000, 94). Both cannons, in use from the 15th century, were also used during the English civil war. Given several skirmishes are recorded on Anglesey during the civil war, it is possible the cannon ball dates from this period. The PAS database holds two similar records from the Isle of Anglesey, GAT…
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bryngwran', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-E7C59A
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron post-medieval cannon ball (c. 1500-1850). The ball measures 86.3mm in diameter and weighs 2019.9g. The size and weight of the cannon ball indicates that it may have been made for firing from a Saker or Minion type of cannon, used in Britain during the 16th and 17th centuries. The cannonball is very corroded.
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
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Record ID: CORN-6AD6C3
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron round shot or cannon ball, partly corroded so that there is little sign of a mid-rib or casting mark. The cannon ball weighs 480g which is about 1lb, and is almost 50 mm in diameter, or 2 inches, which was common in the 18th century. A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. Although a variety of such guns are commonly referred to as 'cannon', the term specifically refers to a gun designed to fire a 42lb shot as opposed to a Demi-cannon (32lb), Culverin (18lb) or Demi-culverin (9lb). This cannon ball weighs only 1…
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: NCL-3D1EA3
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chipped stone cannonball, probably of 16th or 17th century date. The ball is sub-spherical, chipped from a sandstone with pecked marks visible on the surface. Approximately one-third of the surface has a sooty, blackened surface, suggesting that it was fired from a cannon or powder-based artillery piece. This object is one of three examples found in the same area.
Created on: Monday 30th November 2009
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: BERK-1C993D
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post Medieval iron cannon ball possibly dating to c.1500-1700 AD. Possibly relating to the English Civil War. The canon ball is spherical in shape and dark brown in colour. It is 42.4mm in diameter and weighs 300g. Similar cannon balls can be seen on the database, see records SWYOR-9C2E89, DENO-06026B, and IOW-DE96D9.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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