Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-8789F2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete lead or lead alloy Shot of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1800). The object is spherical. There is circumferentially running casting seam. There is damage in the form of numerous shallow indentations.
The metal is cream in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
The weight of the ball suggests that it is buckshot
DF Harding, 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical study Foresight Publications, London
Diameter: 10.74mm, Weight: 6.8g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.8 g
Diameter: 10.74 mm
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Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SP9552
Four figure Latitude: 52.1581125
Four figure longitude: -0.61270594
1:25K map: SP9552
1:10K map: SP95SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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