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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-552334
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball flattened by impact; patinated overall. The mass, at over half an ounce, may suggest this to have been used with a pistol of military specification. The proximity of a Civil War fort at Trent Falls may be relevant to this discovery. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 16.7mm, Weight: 18.41gms.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 18.41 g
Diameter: 16.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29130
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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