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SHOT
Unique ID: SWYOR-5C28AC
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy Post Medieval probable musket ball probably dating from about AD 1600 - 1800. It is sub-spherical with two opposing very flat faces, a projecting casting seam, and a tubular projecting hollow sprue. The sprue is 5.4mm long with a hollow tube of 1.9mm diameter in the centre. It is surrounded by a circular groove on the ball. One flat face of the ball impinges on the groove. The flat faces are not concave, so have not been formed by contact with other balls in a multi-ball load. They may be the result of the ball being held in tongs while still soft, but they seem very smooth. The strangely shaped ball may also be half of a dumb-bell shot. The ball has a smooth cream patina. It is 20.3mm long, 17.7mm wide, 12mm thick, the ball part is 15.2mm diameter, 18.39g. The weight suggests it would have been used in a carbine, a short firearm used mainly by cavalry (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
Length: 20.3 mm
Width: 17.7 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 18.39 g
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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