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SHOT
Unique ID: LVPL-C57BA8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete iron Shot/Cannonball of probable Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is sub-spherical in shape slightly flattened on two opposite faces. The surface is heavily pitted and corroded with much of the adhering iron corrosion having been removed following its discovery.
The size is small either suggesting it was used as grape shot or that it was for a small hand-held cannon (possibly a rabinet (1inch bore). A similar example which can be found on the PAS database is NARC-49A3CE.
Dimensions: 25mm in diameter, 62.5g.
The object was discovered by the landowner in the farm yard and was picked up by the tractor tracks following ploughing. A larger cannon ball recorded as LVPL-C528F4 was found close by.
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 1830
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 62.5 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008 - Tuesday 30th December 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Sealand
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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