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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-9904D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball with a lightly flattened patch of diameter 6.5mm, either arising from use of a ramrod or from impact. Patinated. The mass may suggest this to have been for a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.
Diameter: 12.5mm, Weight: 10.76gms
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: 10.76 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40578
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Muckton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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