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SHOT
Unique ID: SOM-ECA10B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A group of 6 Post-Medieval lead shot balls, dating to the period AD 1640-1750. Traces of a circumferential casting seam remain on 2 of them, and the casting sprue remains on another. One has a flat area, and another has a deep groove- indications they may have been fired. All of the shot has a smooth texture, aside from one which is pitted. The shots range from cream to grey-brown in colour.
The minimum diameter is 6.76mm and the maximum diameter is 18.49mm. The shot with the casting sprue measures 26.32mm including the sprue. The collective weight of this group is 124g
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 1640
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 6
Weight: 124 g
Diameter: 18.49 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: receipt no. 016443
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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