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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-88C311
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball, flattened on one side, perhaps by impact against a firm surface. Patinated. The mass may suggest this to have been fired from a pistol, or possibly a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800
Diameter: 13.8mm, Weight: 12.78gms
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: 12.78 g
Diameter: 13.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th August 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43568
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9115
Four figure Latitude: 53.62363868
Four figure longitude: -0.62559342
1:25K map: SE9115
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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