Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-DF4C88
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead musket ball. Cast ball, unusually lacking patina. The mass, at just over an ounce, may suggest this was intended for use with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 17.4mm, Weight: 28.82gms.
Class: Musket ball
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Weight: 28.82 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th January 2015
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Other reference: NLM27959
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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