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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-EBBF85
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead Musket ball. Cast ball of - unusually - a suitable size for a military smoothbore musket. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1600-1850.
Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 36.78gms.
Class: Musket ball
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 36.78 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th June 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM15555a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brigsley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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