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Lead shot
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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Grape Shot perhaps?
National Maritime Museum here states 1 inch diameter for anti-personnel grape shot. They don't mention metal but I'm sure lead would be valid. Perhaps customs or Navy were trying to take out some of those Alnmouth smugglers and wreckers |
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Cannon shot seems likely as its a big old lump. I wouldn't like to fire a Brown Bess loaded with it
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Alnmouth beach
Talking of the beach ,Was there a wreck at the north end of the beach about 1948/50.I seem to remember it was high up on the rocks at the north end of the beach ?
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Before my time i'm afraid, Brownknees. There should be a photo in the newspaper archives somewhere, i'll add it to my endless list of things to do
I was intrigued to learn of an attack on Alnmouth by a yankee warship, pirates operating as late as the 19thc and the village being garrisoned by our old friends the French in the 16thc |
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Yankee warship
It was the privateer John Paul Jones during the American war of independance,Think they have found the wreck of his ship somewhere of Scarborouigh.Now all thats needed is money to finance an expedition!!
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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!
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