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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-488E76
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball with a pronounced mould line and a flared ingate or casting sprue; patinated. The mass may suggest this to have been for use with a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800
Height: 16mm, Diameter: 12.2mm, Weight: 9.29gms
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
Height: 16 mm
Weight: 9.29 g
Diameter: 12.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43054
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barnoldby le Beck
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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