Cannonball - Sandgate Road, Folkestone, UK - Gifts from Other Countries on Waymarking.com

The inscribed plaque adjacent to the cannonball tells us, in English and French:

This cannonball, fired by the English during
the Siege of Boulogne in 1544, has been returned
to us by the people of Boulogne as a gesture of
friendship now existing beyween us
1976

So, it was made in the UK, taken to France and fired there where it remained for 400 years before being given back as a gift! The cannonball is made of Kent ragstone rather than iron. Ragstone was often used to make cannonballs until the reign of King Henry VIII.

Country or International City that Gave the Gift: Boulogne Country or International City that Received the Gift: Folkestone Website Verifying this Item as a Gift from Another Country or International City: Not listed

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