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Description: | Eight pieces of lead-alloy shot - early bullets, recovered as part of a group of 80 pieces of lead-alloy shot and bullets found at one site - See DENO-E7E565 for the first entry and more detailed information on shot classification.These eight items are classically bullet-shaped with a rounded tip and cylindrical body, each piece of shot has several circumferential grooves around the mid-section, some with rouletting decoration - such grooves were greased for lubrication. The top of some of the bullets are slightly hollowed with a pronounced rim.These type of bullets are dated c.1800-1900 and there are a number of examples of such early bullets recorded elsewhere on the PAS database. See also DENO-EA59C0, DENO-EA6047 and DENO-E91475 recorded from the same site.They appear similar to bullets used with an Enfield musket, which was patented in 1853, and therefore probably date from around this period.
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