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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-7388E7
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible shot. A small cast ball with a flattened rounded surface perhaps caused by set up, an effect occurring at the moment of firing a smoothbore weapon, but also with dents arising from impact. The ball may alternatively have been included in a multiple load, perhaps fired from a blunderbuss, or - less likely - as part of a charge of military case shot. The mass might suggest this to have been fired from a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800
Diameter: probably 10.4mm, Weight: 5.26gms
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: 5.26 g
Diameter: 10.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wyham cum Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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