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198 E. Von der Porten

Fig. 12.11 Compass gimbals
similar to the !ve other ones
of English, Basque and Dutch
shipwrecks dating from 1545
through 1596

Fig. 12.12 Compass and
sounding lead replicas

Little weaponry has been discovered, most of it small lead shot. The sources of
lead shot are dif!cult to identify unless trace-element studies can determine where
the lead was mined. The largest shot, 22 mm in diameter, seemed unexceptional
and unidenti!able until the corrosion area on one side was examined closely. When
tapped, sand fell out of a cubical hole (Fig. 12.13). It turned out to be an iron-core
lead shot from which the iron had rusted away. This form of shot was common in
sixteenth-century Europe. 8
A fragment of pottery is Iberian: part of a base, very likely from a plato, a
shallow bowl, or possibly a cup, identi!ed as Orange Micaceous ware, a type

8
The lead shot from the Mary Rose, including iron-core shot, are described in Hildred (2011, Part
One, pp. 348–358).