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SHOT
Unique ID: SWYOR-5BF6D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy Post Medieval musket ball probably dating from about AD 1600 - 1800. It is spherical with a oblique flat face at the end of the projecting casting sprue. The seam is also visible. The ball has a smooth grey patina. It is 13.31mm diameter and 13.57g. The weight suggests it would have been used in a pistol (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.)
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: 13.57 g
Diameter: 13.31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014 - Thursday 4th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2361
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Craven (District)
Parish or ward: Stainforth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD8167
Four figure Latitude: 54.09853982
Four figure longitude: -2.29202926
1:25K map: SD8167
1:10K map: SD86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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