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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-A7A4F4
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible musket ball. Cast shot, severely misshapen, perhaps in the process of firing as much by impact or subsequent damage, patinated overall, but of a mass over one averdepois ounce suggesting this may have been used for a muzzle loading firearm of military specification. This may have been part of a double shotted or multiple load. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 16.1mm, Length: 17.5mm, Weight: 29.56gms
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
Length: 17.5 mm
Weight: 29.56 g
Diameter: 16.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25029a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9116
Four figure Latitude: 53.63262431
Four figure longitude: -0.62530142
1:25K map: SE9116
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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