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It looks to me to be a peg for the hole at the back of the gun carriage, where handspikes would be used to help move the gun.
It doesnt look like something that would be involved in attaching to a limber & it is not an elevation screw for sure.
Ah have just seen PSR have updated their entry for these guns, and yes it is indeed for a handspike.