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MUSKET BALL
Unique ID: ESS-31B465
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, Post Medieval lead alloy musket ball with a possible circumferential ridge suggesting it was made with a casting method. One side has a flattened area suggesting inpact. It measures 18.1mm in diameter and weighs 29.71g.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 29.71 g
Diameter: 18.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7454
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Langenhoe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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