DUR-32B5C1: DUR-32B5C1 : Shot : Post-Medieval

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SHOT

Unique ID: DUR-32B5C1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete lead shot ball of Post-Medieval date (AD 1640-1750). The object has a circumferentially running casting seam and an upper projecting casting spru. The weight of the shot suggests that it was meant to be fired from a pistol.

The metal is cream in colour with a smooth patina.

Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1640
Date to: Circa AD 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.9 g
Diameter: 11.6 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: North East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wolsingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NZ1136
Four figure Latitude: 54.71888255
Four figure longitude: -1.83075779
1:25K map: NZ1136
1:10K map: NZ13NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: DUR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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