A total of 31 small crucifixes have been dug up from the Ruins of Hara Castle so far. With the exception of a few, the vast majority of them are made of lead. The most common size seems to round out around two to three centimeters in length and one to two centimeters in width, while there are a few with larger sizes. These simply designed items display mainly two distinctive styles in shape - one extending straight down and the other slightly expanding at the bottom. Some have holes for strings; however, some of those holes are placed at the end of the longest leg, making it hang upside down instead of the right side up when worn from the neck. This perhaps is for practical reasons – for it to be held upright during prayer - instead of for being a raiment accessory, like a necklace.
The weight and the material for these leaden relics share a very striking resemblance to the bullets excavated at the Hara Castle ruins; thus, it raises a possibility that the Shimabara-Amakusa rebels may have turned these war ammunitions into a prayer tool, a cross, during their occupancy at this castle.

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