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Description: | A cast lead alloy plug / shot for use in a Pistol of post medieval date (AD1600-1800). The shot is cylindrical with a relatively well formed surface patina. The shot is well formed - suggesting that it has not been fired. The one end is flat and the other is slightly domed, and the circumference of the cylinder has been shaved, leaving eight facets The colour of the projectile is a pale grey / white. It shows some signs of surface scarring, probably caused by agricultural machinery; there is no delamination on the surface of the shot.Similar shot have been dated to the later post medieval period however the date range should extend into the early modern period as similar projectiles were used in firearms throughout this period. The context of this find / assemblage would indicate a date in the English civil war. 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).Diameter: 11.5mm Length: 14.8mm Weight: 14.4gThe weight suggests it was for use in a Pistol (Harding 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War)
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