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PIPE TAMPER
Unique ID: NARC-4AD1F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper allopy object. The rectangular mid section, 12mm x 8mm x 2.5mm, has an off centre hole 4mm in diameter. One end is triangular in plan and circular in cross-section is 12mm long and roughly 5mm in diameter, apparently mis-shapen thorugh use. The other end is forked, 15mm long and 10mm wide at the bifurcated, pointed ends.
This is probably the end of a pipe tamper. A reddish-brown patina suggests a post-medieval date.
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 8 mm
Weight: 4.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th June 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brigstock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9385
Four figure Latitude: 52.45504601
Four figure longitude: -0.63282741
1:25K map: SP9385
1:10K map: SP98NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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