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SHOT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-6D8CB6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
8 pieces of Post Medieval cast lead Shot, circa 1650 AD - 1800 AD. The eight balls are of the same calibre, and share average dimensions of 13.26g in weight, and 13.23mm in diameter. Of the eight, 3 show impact marks. Another shows marks made by a "Worm", a gripping device for removing shot from a gun which has misfired.
An illustration and details of a "Worm", are shown in "Detector Finds 5", Gordon Bailey. Greenlight Publishing. 2002.
Class: POST MEDIEVAL
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 8
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 24th April 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2002 | Detector Finds 5 | Great Britain | Greenlight Publishing | P.23 |
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