I am currently undertaking research on a pair of British 17th century heavy
iron forges, among the archaeologial material that has been used to date the
sites are examples of cannon balls, said to date from the English civil war.
My query is thus, has anyone undertaken research (or knows of any research)
that deals with the disposal of weapons and ordnance in the post-medieval
period following conflicts (what happened to surplus/spent weapons and
ammunition following the American war of Independence for example?)  Are the
cannon balls found on the site possibly a residual remain of a scrap pile or
does the original hypothesis that they represent items made on the site
still hold true.
 
Best wishes,
 
Jeff
 
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Jeff Morris AMInstCES PIFA     Email [log in to unmask]
Wortley Top Forge Archaeological Survey
Wortley Top Forge Industrial Museum
Wortley Village
Wortley
Sheffield
S30 7DN
 
A Research Project of the South Yorkshire Industrial History
Society (formerly The Sheffield Trades Historical Society)
                 Registered Charity No. 506339
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