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SHOT
Unique ID: SWYOR-DFE2C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy musket ball of Post Medieval date, about 1600 - 1800. It is sub-spherical and there is no visible casting seam nor sprue. Two concave areas may indicate that the ball was fired with buckshot or in hailshot. There are also post depositional scratches. The ball has a well developed cream patina. The weight suggests it was for use in a small musket (Harding 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War, page 31).
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
Height: 17.51 mm
Weight: 27.01 g
Diameter: 16.53 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th August 2013 - Sunday 18th August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: FLO 1 / 27
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Long Marston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4951
Four figure Latitude: 53.95278368
Four figure longitude: -1.25482189
1:25K map: SE4951
1:10K map: SE45SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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