Socket Bayonet
Object/Artifact
Artifact 99-11 is a British land pattern musket bayonet was blown off the gunboat New York when its cannon exploded. The style of this bayonet suggests it was manufactured between 1735 and 1745.
Valcour Bay Research Project Collection
1776
Bayonet, Socket
Bayonet
Edged Weapons
Armaments
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
Archaeological Project Number
99-11
8 mm
29.2cm L (socket portion) x 3cm W (blade width) 1.8cm W (end of the blade). The blade portion is 24cm L x 2cm W (blade width at the widest point) and 8mm (blade width at the tip).
Iron
Good
Conserved
Edwin Scollon
Valcour BayLake Champlain
VermontNew York
Battle of Valcour Bay
