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Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Musket Balls found locally

What might look like just another lump of estuary mud could be something really interesting. Here's a wonderful collection of musket balls found around Starcross. The sovereign shows the size of them. Powderham remained a Royalist stronghold until it fell in 1646; after the roundheads attacked from the river.

THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR: THE SIEGE OF POWDERHAM 1645 - 1646