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Capstan lead shot
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All rights reserved, Tom Redmayne, 2012-02-15 09:48:04
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Capstan lead shot
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English: Fourteen cast, lead shot of the "capstan" or "bobbin" type. The shot were recovered from a single field and were widely distributed over the 25 acre site. There are examples of both undamaged (un-fired?) and damaged (fired?) shot.

The shot were measured across their widest, undamaged point and weighed. The following list gives diameter in millimetres followed by weight in grammes.

18.10mm 54.38g

17.77mm 63.11g

17.63mm 64.15g

17.56mm 56.32g

17.43mm 45.21g

17.42mm 42.49g

17.41mm 37.05g

17.40mm 39.06g

17.36mm 38.71g

17.30mm 39.84g

16.88mm 34.79g

16.70mm 36.54g

15.02mm 26.19g

14.20mm 23.32g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1600 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 488872
Old ref: PUBLIC-B7EEE7
Filename: 2012_0215_095725AA.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/370234
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/370234/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/488872
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