{"id":2277,"date":"2025-07-05T22:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2025-07-05T22:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:43:25","slug":"lead-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/lead-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Lead Shot<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/lead-shot\/shot_1193243\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shot_1193243.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shot_1193243\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lead Shot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lead Shot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shot_1193243-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2133\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shot_1193243-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lead Shot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shot_1193243-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shot_1193243-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shot_1193243-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shot_1193243.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This is a small group of lead shot of varying diameters. They are dated from AD 1600-1800. Some of the fields that we investigate have been very heavily used for shooting. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In total we have approximately 230 different shot ranging from tiny ball shot up to musket balls weighing nearly 40 grams. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1193243\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1193243<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Lead Shot This is a small group of lead shot of varying diameters. They are dated from AD 1600-1800. Some of the fields that we investigate have been very heavily used for shooting. In total we have approximately 230 different shot ranging from tiny ball shot up to musket balls weighing nearly 40 grams. https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1193243<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[117],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finds","tag-finds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lead Shot - Wirral Archaeology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/lead-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lead Shot - Wirral Archaeology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finds From Wirral &#8211; Lead Shot This is a small group of lead shot of varying diameters. 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Procter and Ryland were a manufacturer of bone meal fertiliser situated on the edge of the River Dee at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ferttag1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ferttag1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ferttag1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ferttag1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ferttag1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ferttag1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2360,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/spindle-whorl-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2277,"position":4},"title":"Spindle Whorl","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"31\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds From Wirral - Spindle Whorl This is a rather beautiful lead spindle whorl which would have been used for spinning thread. It has some minimal decoration but the amazing thing was that when the soil was removed from the central hole it was found to contain a small piece\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spindle1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spindle1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spindle1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spindle1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spindle1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1677,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/early-medieval-strap-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":2277,"position":5},"title":"Early Medieval Strap End","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"14\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds From Wirral Early Medieval Strap End Although finds from the Wirral are quite rare from the period. A collection from Meols and a few more from around the area. Most are from the everyday life of the local inhabitants. 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