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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-DD3AA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball with a limited flattened area on one side, possibly recent as grey metal shows here, and a more extensive flattened area on the opposite side. Patinated overall. The mass, at under one ounce, may suggest this was used with a smoothbore pistol, carbine or light musket of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 16.3mm, Weight: 23.26gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 23.26 g
Diameter: 16.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26952a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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