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A projectile, possibly from the centralist troops besieging the city of Cartagena during the War of Canton, has been found about nine o'clock this morning in the excavations carried out in the hill of the winch.
Archaeologists have traced the shell at the foot of the ancient Great Wall of Philip V or Dean, whose remains are being excavated and consolidated for integration into the archaeological park.
The bullet was buried on the northern slope of the hill near San Fernando Street.
The oval piece measuring about 20 cm section by about 50 long, and kept inside the powder charge.
EOD Bomb the National Police have rushed to the scene and proceeded to their removal and destruction.
Have been involved in handling two bomb, given its considerable weight.
As pointed out by archaeologists working on excavations in the Archaeological Park project windlass second Plan E, the part has lugs of lead in their profile and guns were fired with grated tube similar to those that were first used cantonal time during the war between 1873 and 1874.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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