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MUSKET BALL
Unique ID: DUR-1AAF9B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two complete and two incomplete musket or carbine shots from the Post Medieval period (AD1600-1800).
The shots are as described below:
i) A complete lead ball with a faint casting mark and a small part of the surface missing. Light grey patina all over.Weight 31.7g, diameter 16.81mm. For use in a musket.
ii) A complete lead ball with one surface almost flat, some scratches around the surface.Overall light grey patina. For use in a musket. Weight 31.5g, diameter 18.28mm.
iii) A complete lead shot with a flat base and conical apex; several scratches on the surface. There is a light grey patina all over. For use in a carbine. Weight 15.7g, diameter 15.55mm
iv) A complete lead shot with a flat base and a mis-shapen upper surface. There are deep irregular facets on the upper surface suggesting it was fired and struck an object. A light grey or light brown patina all over.For use in a carbine.
The suggested date of all four objects is from 1600-1800 but they all virtually comply with the weights formulated as a table for weapons used during the Napoleonic Wars period. Weight 14.8g, diameter 14.41mm.
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
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th September 2018
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Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Morton Palms (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ3214
Four figure Latitude: 54.52028942
Four figure longitude: -1.50715914
1:25K map: NZ3214
1:10K map: NZ31SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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