Iron ball found, could anyone identify it?

[Manikally]

Hello all,
I found an iron ball in the roots of a felled tree (in the UK) and would just like to know what kind of ball it is.
I’ve added pics, one of the shows a magnet attached. It seems too small for a cannonball and too big for a hand cannon so most probably something else.
Any help would be appreciated, many thanks.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Interesting find...got to be honest, it looks to me like a righteous meteorite,
fusion crust and all..

 

[islamoradamark]

LOOKS LARGER THAN A GRAPE SHOT

 

[flyadive]

It’s too lite for a cannonball, the broken fusion crust side could be impact with terrain ?
Weight to size ratio bothers me....

 

[Terry Soloman]

If you have a geologist at a University near by, I would ask for a consult. I would also investigate any KNOWN strewnfields in the area you found this.I see no evidence of fusion crust, and no regmaglpts.[FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif] - Good Luck![/FONT]

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

To determine with certain whether or not it is an Artillery ball, we need you to knock all the rust-encrustation off of it with a hammer, and then super-precisely measure its diameter with a digital caliper. Then tell us its exact weight without the rust-encrustation.

You ball, WITH the thick encrustation, weighs 485 grams, which translates to 1 pound 1.32-ounces.

Historical artillery ball data charts show a 1-Pounder caliber cannonball weighed (of course) one pound and was 1.95-inches in diameter.

So, without the thick coating of dirt-&-rust-encrustation, your ball MIGHT measure about 1.95-inch, and MIGHT weigh about 1.0 pound instead of 1 pound 1.3 ounces. But the only way to know for sure is complete removal of the encrustation, followed by very-precise weighing and measuring. If after cleaning it doesn't match up with the 1-Pounder cannonball's official measurements, it is not a cannonball.