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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-39173E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead musket ball. Cast ball with a flattened area, possibly from use of a ramrod; patinated overall. The mass, at over one ounce, would qualify this for use with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 17.5mm, Weight: 31.14gms.
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: 31.14 g
Diameter: 17.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27744
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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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