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SHOT
Unique ID: SWYOR-C972C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead musket ball, probably case- or hail-shot, dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD 1600 - 1800. It is 17.7mm in diameter and weighs 34.55gm. The ball is covered with flat facets caused by compaction against other shot in the load. There are traces of a creamy patina. See Harding (2012) plate 23.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 34.55 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Sunday 31st December 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3213
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Keppel (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3896
Four figure Latitude: 53.4593857
Four figure longitude: -1.4291569
1:25K map: SK3896
1:10K map: SK39NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding, D.F. | 2012 | Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical Study | London | Foresight Books |
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