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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-EA4B5B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball with a flattened patch of diameter 6mm, possibly from a ramrod, and with other dents which may include minor impact damage. The mass may suggest this to have been used with a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.
Diameter: 11.7mm, Weight: 8.76gms
Class: Fowling Piece
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.76 g
Diameter: 11.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31668
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)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9317
Four figure Latitude: 53.64125878
Four figure longitude: -0.59476717
1:25K map: SE9317
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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