{"id":218364,"date":"2026-03-24T17:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/218364\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:31:10","slug":"fully-intact-cannonball-from-battle-of-the-alamo-unearthed-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/218364\/","title":{"rendered":"Fully intact cannonball from Battle of the Alamo unearthed in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Alamo\u2019s archaeology team collaborated with other experts to determine the cannonball was likely used by the Mexican Army during the 13-day siege of the historical site. Credit: Shutterstock \/ 4kclips<\/p>\n

A fully intact cannonball from the Battle of the Alamo was unearthed in San Antonio earlier this month, according to the historical site\u2019s archaeology team.<\/p>\n

The team unearthed the find on March 5, which also just so happened to be the eve of the 190th anniversary of the famous battle that helped spark the Texas Revolution.<\/p>\n

The news of the discovery first broke on Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have chills now, just thinking about it,\u201d Alamo\u2019s Director of Archaeology Tiffany Lindley told the podcast. \u201cMarch 5 is when we pulled it out of the ground. I don\u2019t think words can express the feelings that we all felt.\u201d<\/p>\n

The archaeology team determined that cannonball had likely been used by the Mexican army during its 13-day siege of the former Spanish Mission. <\/p>\n

\"\"A photo shows the recently unearthed cannon ball. Credit: Courtesy of The Alamo<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t say with 100% certainty that it came from the Mexican Army, but I would say 99% because largely the Mexican Army is using bronze cannonballs and largely the Texans are using iron cannonballs,\u201d Alamo Senior Researcher and Historian Kolby Lanham told the podcast. \u201cDoesn\u2019t mean they didn\u2019t capture each other\u2019s stuff and use it, but I would say with a fair amount of certainty that this is a Mexican Army cannonball and it was likely fired at the Battle of the Alamo \u2014\u00a0or it could have been during the \u2026 siege.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past year, many other discoveries have been made aside from the cannonball. Recently, four exploding shot fragments were found outside the Alamo Church. The fragments were found to be made of bronze and iron.<\/p>\n

The Alamo is an active archaeological site, with excavations conducted annually, supporting the ongoing preservation of the Alamo Church and Long Barrack. The excavations also support the $550 million Alamo Plan. People from around the world come to the Alamo to watch the excavations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a visitor who once said, \u2018I\u2019ve been to Pompeii, but this is cooler!\u2019 And I almost had a heart attack,\u201d Lindley told the podcast. \u201cAs an archaeologist, Pompeii is the epitome of cool. So I was so excited to hear that visitors are really connecting to what we\u2019re doing and they\u2019re enjoying seeing us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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