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BULLET

Unique ID: SOMDOR385

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Possible lead bullet. Cylindrical body with conical head. Parallel rifling (8 grooves) around body. Not a modern style bullet. Likely to post-date advent of muzzle loading (1860). Non-standard calibre and shape. Similar to .303 Metford style but to light and not cased.

Notes:

PAL 1101

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1860

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 9.45 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Stockwood

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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