Record ID: NMGW122 - POST MEDIEVAL shot

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SHOT

Unique ID: NMGW122

Object type certainty: Certain

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Cast lead, or lead alloy, slightly ovoid shot. Diameter 18mm, weight 30.5 grams.

Notes:

The slightly ovoid shape of the ball may have been caused during firing; however, the lack of significant deformation suggests that the shot did not impact with its target. Shot of comparable size and weight has been identified for use with a musket and dated to the Civil War (Credland 1983, 261). Shot of this size would have been too small for ideal use as musket shot; however, its small size may have been due to problems in either the supply of lead of the variation in calibre of weapons used by local militias (Courtney 1993, 159). Dating is difficult but lead shot is certainly no earlier than the sixteenth century and is possibly significantly later.

Class: Cast lead shot

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1540

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 30.5 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Newport
District: Newport
To be known as: Caerleon area, South Wales

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Philip MacDonald - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Philip MacDonald - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA:99.20.144

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