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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-3C7E75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. A cast ball with a casting line showing the misalignment of the halves of the mould; lightly patinated. The mass may suggest this to have been for use with a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun, or possibly in a charge of buckshot. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.
Diameter: 10.9mm, Weight: 4.10gms
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: 4.1 g
Diameter: 10.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37300
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Scotter
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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