Things you can do with a cannon ball

[celtan]

I see locally many examples of 18th C. Cannon Balls and Royal Grenades simply dumped and lying around as garden decos on Government building grounds, rusting away.

Which is worse..?

Yep, makes me mad too.

M

Originally Posted by M ELEY

Sigh...this was not an uncommon practice when it came to old ordenance. I have seen cannon balls also converted into gate weights and even one for a clock weight. I had a four pounder with a link welded to it that I thought might be half of a chain-shot, but the weld was definitely more modern. Makes me mad when artifacts are treated this way-

That being said, yours at least hasn't been blow-torched, cut in half or fiddled with too badly. The binding iron straps don't take away from the piece,in my opinion.