Cannon With Vent Field, fragment
Object/Artifact
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.
Valcour Bay Research Project Collection
1776
Cannon
Artillery
Armaments
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
Archaeological Project Number
01-04
26.67 cm
43.8 cm
Dimensions approx. from descriptions
Iron
Good
conserved
Edwin Scollon
Valcour BayLake Champlain
VermontNew York
Battle of Valcour Bay