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SHOT
Unique ID: HESH-B30C83
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Two lead alloy shot / balls, one of which is for musket and the other a small bored firearm (e.g. pistol). Both shots are sub spherical in shape with an uneven surface. The musket shot has a clear casting seam and the pistol ball shows both seam (which is offset) and evidence of a clipped and trimmed casting spur / sprue. The colour of the balls varies from a dark grey colour to a mid powdery cream / grey. Similar shot has been dated to the later post medieval period however the date range should extend into the early modern period as similar projectiles were used in firearms. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
1) Diameter: 16.4mm, weight 21.03 grams.
2) Diameter: 9.8mm, weight 4.92 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 25.95 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Richards Castle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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