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SHOT
Unique ID: CORN-53E127
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast iron shot, spherical in shape, with pitted surface, but with most of the surface iron corrosion product having fallen away since it was found, leaving the original object. The shot is about an inch and a quarter in diameter, or 39 mm, which could have been used by the smaller artillery pieces like the 'base', or small cannon, which was the smallest of the 'standard' list of guns of the late 16th century, at one and a quarter inch calibre, but equally could have been used as grape shot for some of the larger pieces. In the 17th century, during the Civil War, any iron object was used as an effective anti-personnel round, and there was no uniform size and weight for grape shot until the 19th century, so it is difficult to be precise (Philip Magrath pers comm).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 232 g
Diameter: 39 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010 - Tuesday 30th November 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Austell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0151
Four figure Latitude: 50.325251
Four figure longitude: -4.797108
1:25K map: SX0151
1:10K map: SX01NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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