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SHOT
Unique ID: LVPL-C7CF5F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Eight complete, lead or lead alloy shot of the Post Medieval period, probably dating from c. AD 1600 - c. AD 1800. The balls are spherical in plan and broadly circular in section. The larger musket balls have a dusty white patina. No. 1 and no. 15 are flattened where it has hit an obstacle. A spru and casting seem remains attached to no. 4 and a casting seem is visible on nos. 1 and 5.
Running from top left to bottom right:
- Diameter 11mm, weight 9.9g
- Diameter 12mm, weight 11.9g
- Diameter 12mm, weight 14.1g
- Diameter 12mm, weight 8.9g
- Diameter 9mm, weight 8.2g
- Diameter 15mm, weight 26.1g
- Diameter 15mm, weight 33.1g
- Diameter 15mm, weight 30.1g
Balls 1, 4 and 5 have a mid-brownish grey patina. Balls 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 have a light white patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail.
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: 8
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 2015 - Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: West Lancashire (District)
To be known as: Lathom
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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