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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-297192
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead musket ball. Cast ball with two intersecting slashes on its surface, and a dimple opposite, possibly from the end of the ram rod. Patinated overall. The cutting of the shot may be a deliberate attempt to improve its lethality, which might hint at military usage. The mass, at over an ounce, is also apt for a muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 17.6mm, Weight: 30.77gms.
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: 30.77 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24381a
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: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Laughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8697
Four figure Latitude: 53.46273388
Four figure longitude: -0.70611102
1:25K map: SK8697
1:10K map: SK89NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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