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SHOT
Unique ID: LANCUM-BEC120
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead musket ball or shot dating from the post-medieval period, that is circa AD1500-1700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 11.69 g
Diameter: 13.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Over
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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