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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-39CFD5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead musket ball. Cast shot with possible bite marks on opposed sides and a small impact or ramming scar between them. This object weighs just over an ounce, and would therefore qualify as suitable for a smooth bore musket of military specification. This is one of numerous such shot reported from the vicinity, which may indicate military activity in the area, possibly as a training area rather than as a field of conflict. A date in the later part of the range suggested may be more likely. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 16.9mm, Weight: 29.14gms
Class: Musket ball
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 29.14 g
Diameter: 16.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th September 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21049a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Authorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3779
Four figure Latitude: 53.290262
Four figure longitude: 0.053827
1:25K map: TF3779
1:10K map: TF37NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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