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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-9B58D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead musket ball. Cast ball, probably slightly distorted, with a flattened patch of diameter 8.5mm possibly from a ramrod, and with a flattened circumferential belt from set up; patinated. The mass, at just over an ounce, may suggest this to be for use with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 17.5mm, Length: 17.2mm, Weight: 29.76gms
Class: Musket ball
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: 1
Length: 17.2 mm
Weight: 29.76 g
Diameter: 17.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32205
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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