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SHOT
Unique ID: DUR-A37196
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 a projecting casting spru. Around the casting spru is a large amount of iron corrosion and possibly a slightly projecting ferrous metal spike which passes centrally through the object. This object is probably part of an iron-stemmed dumb-bell shot, a modified form of ammunition for a smooth bore muzzle loading weapon. The weight of the shot suggests that it was meant to be fired from a pistol.
The metal is grey in colour with a smooth patina and brown patches of iron corrosion.
Diameter: 13.15mm, Height (including iron): 15.12mm, Weight 13.3g.
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: Middle
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
Height: 15.12 mm
Weight: 13.3 g
Diameter: 13.15 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gateshead (Metropolitan District)
District: Gateshead (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Blaydon (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1857
Four figure Latitude: 54.90739527
Four figure longitude: -1.72079465
1:25K map: NZ1857
1:10K map: NZ15NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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