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PIPE TAMPER
Unique ID: NMS-A2F5E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post medieval copper alloy pipe tamper dating to the period c. AD 1600 - 1850. It exhibits a cylindrical stem with, at one end a flat terminal with a double collar. At the opposite end is a double collar followed by an incomplete hoop which temrinates in old breaks on either side. It is probable that the loop originally extended into a signet style ring.
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 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th December 2016 - Saturday 25th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30992
Other reference: IND25022017JS
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Little Dunham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8713
Four figure Latitude: 52.68241211
Four figure longitude: 0.76496515
1:25K map: TF8713
1:10K map: TF81SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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