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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-4DCC42
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball with mould line and the stub of casting sprue, flattened by impact on one side. The mass may suggest this to have been for use with a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval,1700-1800.
Diameter: 10.2mm, Weight: 6.19gms
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: 6.19 g
Diameter: 10.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38157
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9114
Four figure Latitude: 53.61465305
Four figure longitude: -0.62588526
1:25K map: SE9114
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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