Record ID: NLM-03C944
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Post Medieval musket ball. The large spherical musket ball still has the integral spur attached. The diameter of the ball is 18.0mm, which is equivalent to the 0.750 inch calibre of the 'Brown Bess' musket that was used by the British Army c. 1680-1853.The diameter is 18.3mm, the length with spur is 25.6mm and the weight is 39.77g.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Monday 12th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastoft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A87CE6
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Five cast shot, with stubs of sprue and mould lines. These would be suitable for pistols, carbines; or, most likely in this context, two fowling pieces of distinct calibres. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameters and weights: 12.6mm/11.35gms; 11.7mm/9.05gms; 10.5mm/7.24gms; 10.6mm/6.73gms; 10.5mm/6.62gms. Overall weight: 35.94gms.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-CF9851
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast shot, with indentation on one side, and slightly flattened by impact. Though suitable for either a pistol or carbine, in a rural context this size of shot was most likely used in a fowling piece. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameter: 12.5mm, Weight: 10.93gms.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-31CCA2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. A cast shot with a low circumferential rib of width 4mm; a mould line appears to run along this rib, slightly off-centre. The object is flattened by impact on one side. The rib appears deliberately formed, and may suggest this shot was for use with the rifled Brunswick musket, or a variant using the same system. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1840-1860 Diameter: 11.7mm, Weight: 7.31gms.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3217A1
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast sphere, with opposed sprues, both cut with pincers or pliers. This damage may suggest the making of lead shot in a length, from which individual balls could be clipped. The small calibre indicates a shot for a pistol or fowling piece. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameter: 10.2mm, Weight: 6.76gms.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-33B2F3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast shot for a pistol, carbine or fowling piece; the latter is most likely in this rural context. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameter: 12mm, Weight: 9.62gms.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stockwith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F8C005
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Three small cast shot (a-c); two bear casting lines and sprue scars suggesting the manufacture of a string of such shot; the third is flattened on one side and retains no detail of manufacture. Presumably from shotguns or charges of buckshot. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1875. (a): Diameter: 8.4mm, Weight: 3.01gms. (b): Diameter: 7.1mm, Weight: 1.96gms (c): Diameter 7.5mm, Weight: 2.30gms. Overall Weight: 7.27gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-737232
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Cast shot for a pistol, carbine or fowling piece. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameter: 10.5mm, Weight: 6.67gms.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C23777
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Cast spherical shot with discernible mould line and sprue attached, the latter of diameter 6mm. Unusually for such finds, this example approaches the mass necessary to function as a musket ball, albeit not of military calibre. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 15.4mm, Weight: 23.75gms.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FDB516
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
: Lead Shot. Cast shot for a pistol, carbine or fowling piece, with casting sprue and mould line. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 12.1mm, Weight: 12.22gms.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B680F5
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Castshot with mould line; the lightly facetted appearance may suggest this to be part of a charge of grapeshot. The weight, about one imperial ounce, would qualify this as a musket ball - which is the case with only a minority of such finds. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 27.7gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetney', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM-4904C7
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Cast shot for a pistol, carbine or fowling piece. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 13.7mm, Weight: 13.81gms.
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-49E983
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Two cast lead shot, both in rather mangled condition, probably from a shotgun or blunderbuss charge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameters: a) 8.8mm and b) 13mm; Weights: a) 3.71gms and b) 7.24gms.
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EBBF85
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Musket ball. Cast ball of - unusually - a suitable size for a military smoothbore musket. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1600-1850. Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 36.78gms.
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 12th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F51231
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Four cast shot, a-d, probably for a fowling piece, all have sprue removal scars and most show mould lines. They may be manufactured to a rough specification of four balls per ounce. Dimensions as follow: (a): Diameter: 11.8mm, Weight: 8.29gms (b): Diameter: 10.8mm, Weight: 7.22gms. (c): Diameter: 10.9mm, Weight: 7.00gms (d): Diameter: 10.55mm, Weight: 6.84gms. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Overall Weight: 29.37gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F8CAD4
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Two cast lead shot (a and b); the larger (a) bears a faint sprue scar, the smaller (b) bears a mould line and is flattened by impact on one side. These are probably from fowling pieces. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. (a): Diameter: 12.1mm, Weight: 11.22gms. (b): Diameter: 10.9mm, Weight: 6.20gms. Overall Weight: 17.42gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B070E1
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Cast musket ball with mould line and two opposed areas of flattening, weighing a little under one averdepois ounce. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 26.64gms.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B07CD2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Six cast spherical shot (a-f). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameters and weights as follow: a) 15.6mm, weight: 19.34gms, patinated and with angular faces which might derive from its incorporation in a charge of canister; b) 12mm, 10.9gms, with mould line and stub of casting sprue, probably for a fowling piece; c) 10.5mm with mould line and a scar where nipped from sprue, for fowling piece; d) 9.5mm, 5.01gms, possibly for fowling piece; e) 8.7mm, 3.37gms, with mould line and scar where nipped from sprue, possibly from a charge of buckshot; and f) perhaps drop…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B316F2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Cast shot with mould line, probably from a charge of buckshot. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900 Diameter: 8.5mm, Weight: 3.74gms.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM-EB7435
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Three cast lead shot (a-c), all nipped from sprue and probably for fowling pieces; the larger pair may be intended to weigh one third of an ounce apiece. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameter and weight: (a) 12.8mm, 9.94gms; (b) 11.6mm, 9.30gms; (c) 10.1mm, Weight: 5.96gms. Total weight: 25.20gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.