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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: ESS-A436B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three clay pipe fragments dating from the late Post Medieval to early Modern periods. Total weight: 50.93g.
1. Shaft and bowl fragment. White clay, plain and undecorated. length: 82.1mm, height: 37.6mm, bowl diameter: 16.7mm, pipe diameter: 10.6mm, weight: 20.89g.
2. Shaft and bowl fragment. White clay, undecorated apart from an incised line around bowl. Length: 79.5mm, height: 39.2mm, bowl diameter: 17.5mm, pipe shaft diameter: 10.4mm, weight: 21.23g.
3. Shaft and bowl fragment on red clay. Floral and scroll decoration on underside of bowl, wicker basket pattern around bowl. Shaft plain. Length: 49.3mm, height: 29.8mm, bowl diameter: 20.5mm, shaft diameter: 6.8mm, weight: 8.78g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Weight: 50.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7517
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Riverside (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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