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Artifacts is for posting the very best objects, from the very large to the very small, made or shaped by mankind throughout history. These artifacts range from tools and works of arts to archaeological finds, and give us a better sense of life in various moments throughout history.

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A single piece of heavy lead grapeshot and a broken copper alloy buckle from the Battle of Culloden, 280 years old (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by streetman to c/artifact

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A shoe buckle thought to have belonged to a Jacobite clan chief wounded in battle at Culloden has been discovered by archaeologists among other artefacts. Among the discovered artefacts are a large number of musket balls and grapeshot which were uncovered in a 60 square-metre area close to what was the British government frontline at Culloden Battlefield.

The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) have revealed the findings ahead of the 278th anniversary of the battle on April 16, 1746.

More info can be found here: https://www.thenational.scot/news/24249505.scottish-archaeologist-find-potential-buckle-culloden-clan-chief/

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[–] streetman 1 points 7 months ago

Hahah I see what you did there