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Originally Posted by Pete
Picked up this lead ball on Alnmouth beach,it's a good bit larger than the sporting musket balls i normally find. Perhaps a relic of one of the conflicts on our coast?
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I can confirm that this ball will be one fired by the Percy Tenantry 'Wall gunners". They Percy Tenantry Riflemen were equipped with wall guns (big muskets) in 1808 and practiced on the links at Alnmouth. They indeed fired a 1" lead ball. A nice find!