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MUSKET BALL
Unique ID: LEIC-B74DD6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
6 post medieval lead musket balls.
(1) diameter: 19 mm, weight: 31.06 g.
(2) diameter: 16 mm, weight: 26.08 g
(3) diameter: 13 mm, weight: 22.25 g
(4) diameter: 14 mm, weight: 15.43 g
(5) diameter: 17 mm, weight: 13.54 g
(6) diameter: 12 mm, weight: 8.91 g
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 6
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2813, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2817, 2818
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Hormead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4029
Four figure Latitude: 51.94189397
Four figure longitude: 0.03531194
1:25K map: TL4029
1:10K map: TL42NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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