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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: DOR-0D9853
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of clay pipe bowl and stem with an incomplete incuse mark on the flat heel. The mark is probably an eight pointed star. The form of the bowl is uncertain The stem has a wide bore (3 mm).
Date: Post-medieval - c. 1600 - 1650
Dimensions: 34 mm x 18 mm
Weight: 4 g
Parallels are recorded in Reference: Atkinson D R ,1969, "Clay Tobacco Pipes found in Shaftesbury", DNHAS Proc Vol. 91, 206-215, page 210, fig. 2, nos. 6 & 7 as dating to the early 17th century
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 18 mm
Weight: 4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 016685
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Marnhull (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7820
Four figure Latitude: 50.97898407
Four figure longitude: -2.31474914
1:25K map: ST7820
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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