Page 1 Click on the thumbnail to view a larger version. First half of the 17th century. A few of the thousands of pieces of lead shot recovered from all areas of Ferryland.
None appear to have been spent.
Some of the cannon shot recovered from within and around the privy on the waterfront. They are thought to date from the Dutch raid on Ferryland in 1673. The building was built in the 1620s and destroyed in 1673. The screw tightened the jaws on small objects being forged, not unlike today's vise-grip pliers. The smaller arm fitted into a hole in a workbench, allowing the smith to operate them with one hand while holding the workpiece with the other.