Cannonball
Category
Metalwork
Date
c. 1450 - c. 1716
Materials
Collection
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
NT 67812
Summary
Metal cannon ball
Full description
As it is metal it is dated post c1450 and the closest diameter match is to a Saker / Drake or Demi-Culverin.
Provenance
Believed to be one of the three metal cannon balls found by Curzon during his 1919 excavation, as listed in his book 'Bodiam Castle'.