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BULLET
Unique ID: LVPL-142398
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead bullet from a cartridge round. The body is a convex cone, tapering to two rings that would have provided the anchoring point to hold the bullet into the cartridge.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1845
Date to: Circa AD 1910
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Width: 8 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th March 2018 - Thursday 29th March 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
District: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winwick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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