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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-E9D8F4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast shot, of a bore likely to be used with a heavy hand gun or weapon such as a caliver or arquebus, or possibly with the smallest early field pieces. The shot weighs over two and one half ounces averdepois. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Diameter: 24.5mm, Weight: 78.30gms
Class: Lead
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 78.3 g
Diameter: 24.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25107a
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)
To be known as: Lissington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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