Record ID: NMGW125 - POST MEDIEVAL shot

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SHOT

Unique ID: NMGW125

Object type certainty: Certain

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Cast lead, or lead alloy, slightly ovoid shot. Diameter 12.5-13.5mm, weight 12.4 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 pistol and dated to the Civil War (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: 12.4 g
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:99.20.147

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