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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-893DBA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball, with small flat patch perhaps incurred in barrelled storage; the metal retains a grey tint. The mass, at just over an ounce, may suggest this was for use with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification, possibly a musket. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800
Diameter: 17.7mm, Weight: 29.14gms
Class: Musket ball
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: 29.14 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48447
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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