Artifact 01-04 is a cannon fragment. It contains the vent field and portions of the base ring and vent field rings. The vent is a simple angled hole into the bore of the gun that measures .9 cm in diameter.
This fragment, which contains the touchhole, was discovered more than 200 ft from the muzzle fragment.
Collection
Valcour Bay Research Project Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1776
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Cannon
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Artillery
Nomenclature Class
Armaments
Nomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
