cannonballs....

M ELEY · 1st March 2025, 02:49 AM

Hmm. Yeah, one would usually expect to see one hole for the fuse/powder fill. The fact that it goes all the way through and also not hollow except for the channel seems to indicate another use. Many of these types that get confused with mortar shells, coehorn and grenades are often old counter-weights used for mechanisms (gate openers, large clock mechanisms, etc). There is always the small chance that these could still have had some military use, such as in chainshot, barshot, etc lacking some components, but without a maritime provenance, this is just guesswork.

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1st March 2025, 02:49 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Hmm. Yeah, one would usually expect to see one hole for the fuse/powder fill. The fact that it goes all the way through and also not hollow except for the channel seems to indicate another use. Many of these types that get confused with mortar shells, coehorn and grenades are often old counter-weights used for mechanisms (gate openers, large clock mechanisms, etc). There is always the small chance that these could still have had some military use, such as in chainshot, barshot, etc lacking some components, but without a maritime provenance, this is just guesswork.