Archaeology

Finding of a 17th-century mortar bomb at the Pati de les Monges site in La Seu d’Urgell

The seventh campaign at the Pati de les Monges site in La Seu d’Urgell has concluded with the discovery of a 17th-century mortar bomb. It is a projectile, about 30 centimeters in diameter, spherical, with thick walls, hollow inside, and designed to be filled with gunpowder and shrapnel.