Ball
- Description
- This ball was probably used for the game bowls, and is similar to a bowling ball from medieval York. It was excavated from a rubbish pit in Exeter, but it is not known if it was intentionally thrown away or accidentally lost!
- Accession Loan No.
- 300/1988/W65
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Common Name
- ball
- Simple Name
- ball (game)
- Full Name
- bowling ball
- Dimensions
- whole circumference 100 mm
- Period Classification
- Medieval (1200-1500); Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Year Low
- 1400
- Production Year High
- 1599
- Family Group
- Material
- wood
- Collector / Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Collection Site Name
- Trichay Street
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
