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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-9F3A8A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball, slightly pinched where ball has been snipped from casting sprue. Patinated. The mass, at a little under an ounce, may suggest this to have been for use with a carbine, pistol or light musket of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 16.6mm, Weight: 24.84gms
Class: Lead
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
Weight: 24.84 g
Diameter: 16.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32222
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 100 metre square.
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