Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cannonball

Iron cannonball - recovered from the Severn Estuary c1970s, much reduced in diameter by carbonisation spalling; originally fitted with a brass stud for locating a sabot.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

92.58I

Acquisition

Collected officially, 1992

Measurements

diameter (mm): 100
Weight (kg): 3.55

Material

iron

Location

National Waterfront Museum : Metals Case 23

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