File:Lead Shot from Bigby (FindID 448695).jpg

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Lead Shot from Bigby
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2011-09-02 13:10:23
Title
Lead Shot from Bigby
Description
English: 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 droplet cast in tower or through a sieve, diameter: 6.8mm, Weight: 1.59gms, probably from a shotgun charge.

Overall weight: 47.39gms.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1700 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 448695
Old ref: NLM-B07CD2
Filename: NLM17691.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/344071
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/344071/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/448695
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