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SHOT

Unique ID: NLM-C96C4C

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Lead possible shot. Seven small cast shot, either from a small bore gun or from a charge of buckshot, and one tubular flat-ended object (A1) which may have served as a slug shot - a form otherwise unreported from the large accompanying group - but was formed using a fish vertebra as a mould. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.

Dimensions and weights:

A1: L: 9.3mm, D: 10mm, W: 4.97g

A2: D: 9.4mm, W: 4.49g (mould line)

A3: D: 8.3mm, W: 3.06g

B1: D: 9.0mm, W: 3.71g

B2: D: 9.2mm, W: 3.01g (impact damage)

B3: D: 8.4mm, W: 1.88g

C1: D: 6.5mm, W: 1.26g

C2: D: 6.5mm, W: 1.47g

Notes:

Visually sorted and presented in rows: A is the top row, B the second and C the third.

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: 7

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th April 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM28577

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Northorpe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK8996
Four figure Latitude: 53.4532502
Four figure longitude: -0.66122015
1:25K map: SK8996
1:10K map: SK89NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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