SHOT

Unique ID: NMGW126

Object type certainty: Certain

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Cast lead, or lead alloy, shot. Diameter 14mm, weight 17.5 grams.

Notes:

Shot of comparable size and weight was not recovered from the excavations at Beeston Castle, Cheshire (Courtney 1993, 159) although some small shot with a diameter of 14mm was recovered from excavations at Sandal Castle, Wakefield where it was variously identified as possibly being ammunition for either pistols or carbines, random scatter from canister shot, or possibly shot from an arquebus or caliver, and dated to the Civil War (Credland 1983, 261). Variation in the size of shot 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: 17.5 g
Diameter: 14 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:99.20.148

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    Created: Friday 10th September 1999
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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