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Small tin box containing shot

Small tin box containing shot

Date Added: 26 June 2019 Year: 1890 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: | 2019_029 | Picture No: 14104

A small Allenburys Pastilles tin containing roughly made musket shot, of local manufacture probably for a farmer's use (W.S Fraser?). There are 17 dark red-brown circular shot, in sizes ranging to 20mm and three fragments of a dark grey coloured larger ball shot c 25mm. From the weight of the shot they were probably cast from iron.

Dimensions: Diameter 15 mm

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