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Record ID: NLM-FB699B
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible shot. A cast object comprising a strip or sprue of width 5mm with a series of seven peloidal balls, each of diameter 4mm and each at the end of a conical ingate. The strip is broken at one end and melted at the other. Patinated. This might be an expedient to cast birdshot or a blunderbuss or shotgun charge of pellets; a mechanical function seems unlikely given the soft nature of the material. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800
Length: 39.8mm, Width: 5.9mm, Height: 8mm, Weight: 7.86gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-E8A471
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible nail fragment. An oval fragment with a dimpled boss on its underside, here suggested to mark the location of a shank formerly sheathed in lead. Patinated. Similar objects from the vicinity retain parts of iron shanks which in this case is thought to be lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800
Length: 18.7mm, Width: 13.6mm, Thickness (at boss): 7.1mm, Weight: 5.22gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-E78736
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron fragment. The expanded head and the stub of the shank of an iron nail with a head sheathed in lead, probably to retard its corrosion. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800
Diameter (long axis): 18.8mm, Height: 8.1mm, Weight: 4.43gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-D31159
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy shot / ball of probable Post-Medieval or Early Modern date (1600-1800 AD). Likely from a pistol. The shot is spherical and of a grey white colour. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Measurements: Diameter: 12.77mm, Weight: 13.82g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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This findspot is known as 'North Curry', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-D30CFE
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy shot / ball of probable Post-Medieval or Early Modern date (1600-1800 AD). Likely from a pistol. The shot is spherical and of a grey white colour. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Measurements: Diameter: 18.8mm, Weight: 35.14g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Curry', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-D30933
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy shot / ball of probable Post-Medieval or Early Modern date (1600-1800 AD). Likely from a pistol. The shot is spherical and of a grey white colour. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Measurements: Diameter: 17.08mm, Weight: 32.87g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Curry', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-D303A7
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy shot / ball of probable Post-Medieval or Early Modern date (1600-1800 AD). Likely from a pistol. The shot is spherical and of a grey white colour. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Measurements: Diameter: 19.16mm, Weight: 37.42g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Curry', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-938D10
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead palm guard, c.AD 1600-1900.
The palm guard is broadly oval in plan and D-shaped cross section; all the edges are uneven. The obverse face is slightly convex and has the in-print of woven cloth, possibly from where is pressed against the users glove, and in centre is a slight circular depression of the type commonly found on the surface of palm guards. The reverse face is flat, although slightly uneven.
The object is 62.4mm long, 58.9mm wide, 14.9mm thick and weighs 380 grams
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-8248C7
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy Shot of Post-Medieval date (AD 1640-1750). The object is spherical with a shallow circumferential casting seam and spru. The shot has a slightly pitted surface.
The metal is grey in colour with a pitted and corroded patina
The weight of the ball suggests that it was meant to be fired from a Carbine.
Diameter: 16.28mm, Weight: 21.1g.
DF Harding, 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical study Foresight Publications, London.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-82323B
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Powder Measure of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is composed of a now flattened and distorted, conical sheet cylindrical sheet. the base and loops are missing and at the opposing end the rim is thickened.
Height: 24.89mm, Width: 33.79mm, Thickness: 8.90mm, Weight: 17.3g
The metal is cream in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
According to Courtney (1988), powder flask nozzles and caps are among the most common remains encountered on Civil War sites. A musketeer was armed with twelve powder flasks, each attached to his bandolier by a cord. …
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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