Detectorists finds provide evidence of a Civil War era fight on the banks of the Tees

[bobster999]

Due to reading the Romans in Sunderland threads and the thread about the Roman anchors found in the wear at Hylton, I thought I'd post this

https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/24104158.detectorist-finds-400-year-old-cannonball-stapleton/

 

[Wild Card]

Was going to post something git witty about this is where the legend of the hydra started and it's many heads but then realised the hydra was a Greek legend, not Roman.

 

[Tuono]

It's still not a Derby though.

 

[DurhamRedStripe]

A history hunter has discovered a 400-year-old cannonball in a field on the outskirts of Darlington, along with some musket balls and a lovely gunpowder flask.

Am I doing something wrong? or is this the entire article?

 

[David Brent]

There is an excellent food pub in Stapleton.

 

[CrosbyFTM]

A history hunter has discovered a 400-year-old cannonball in a field on the outskirts of Darlington, along with some musket balls and a lovely gunpowder flask.

Am I doing something wrong? or is this the entire article?

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