Cannonball
Category
Stone
Date
c. 1450 - c. 1716
Materials
Collection
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
NT 67814
Summary
Stone cannon ball
Full description
The material suggests a post 1450 date and the closest diameter match is to a Demi-Cannon or Cannon.
Provenance
Believed to be the stone cannon ball found by Curzon during his 1919 excavation, listed by him as 7'' in size (c178mm) and dated by him to the 14th-19th century, as listed in his book 'Bodiam Castle'.