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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-FE1DE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball together with the untrimmed sprue and ingate from its manufacture; patinated and encrusted. The mass, at just over half an ounce, may suggest this was intended for use with a smoothbore muzzle loading pistol. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Height: 17.3mm, Diameter (ball): 13mm, Weight: 15.45gms
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
Height: 17.3 mm
Weight: 15.45 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36367
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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