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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-3FD01E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Three cast balls (a-c), all with a face flattened by impact and patinated. The mass may suggest these to have been fired from a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun, though the smallest, c), might alternatively be from a charge of buckshot. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.
Weights: a) 9.10gms, b) 6.75gms, c) 3.81gms. Combined weight: 19.67gms
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: 3
Weight: 19.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38599
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)
To be known as: High Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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