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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: SOM-B3ACCB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Post Medieval clay pipe. Most of the bowl and the heel survive, but damaged and the stem is missing. The bowl is set at about 60 degrees to the stem and is swollen with convex sides becoming straight only at the top. The rim of the bowl is plain. The heel projects with a large flat, circular base. There is no makers mark visible on the heel but one side is missing to a break as is the stem, both locations used for marks. The bowl measures 25.9mm in length and 20.1mm in maximum diameter. The clay pipe weighs 6.36 g.
The size and shape of the bowl and angle to the stem suggests a date of the late 17th century to c. 1700 (AD 1660-1720).
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.9 mm
Weight: 6.36 g
Diameter: 20.1 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 018619
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Somerton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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