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CANNON BALL
Unique ID: KENT-12C4B8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1650
Date to: AD 1899
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 860 g
Diameter: 61.6 mm
Personal details
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Recorded by: Miss Jennifer Jackson
Identified by: Miss Jennifer Jackson
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Hothfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ6066
Four figure Latitude: 51.370521
Four figure longitude: 0.297226
1:25K map: TQ6066
1:10K map: TQ66NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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