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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-F7D615
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball with mould line and a scar where the ball has been nipped from casting sprue; lightly patinated. 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: 12.1mm, Weight: 10.52gms
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: 10.52 g
Diameter: 12.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40163
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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