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SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-8E2599
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead shot. Cast ball with trace of mould line, and with a round depressed patch of diameter 6mm, possibly from use of a ramrod. The mass, at over half an ounce, may suggest this to have been for use with a pistol of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800
Diameter: 14.5mm, Weight: 17.59gms
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: 17.59 g
Diameter: 14.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th November 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM44433
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ulceby Cross
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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