Record ID: HAMP-3E4111
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A socketed wrought iron terminal from a musket accessory (scourer) used to clean out debris from the interior of the barrel of a musket. The object has a circular cross section with a conical socket which gently tapers into a long shaft, the final 40% of which has a rectangular cross section and is split into two flat prongs. These end at a head which has flared, folded semi circular tips, 13.4mm in diameter which are folded at 90º to the shaft. The terminal would have fit onto the end of a wooden ramrod of 8.5mm diameter.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.