Find Spot record MDO4626 - 6 Bimport, Shaftesbury; post-medieval finds from excavation

A group of 17th-19th century clay pipes bearing makers marks and other post-medieval artefacts were recovered during excavation at 6 Bimport, Shaftesbury during 1975.

A group of 17th-19th century clay pipes bearing makers marks and other post-medieval artefacts were recovered during excavation at 6 Bimport, Shaftesbury during 1975. The lowest layer contained occasional medieval sherds [1].

Moore, W, 1975, 6 Bimport, Shaftesbury, Dorset. (Unpublished document). SDO14097.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1978, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1976, 59 (Serial). SDO76.

‘(ST 8603222895). At 5 Bimport a trench was excavated to adepth of 7 ft. The dark surface soil was 3 ft deep and contained seventeenth- to nineteenth-century material, including a number of clay-pipes with makers’ marks. Beneath this a light brown sandy soil much stone and fifteenth-century pottery overlay a green sandstone foundation.’

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1991, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990, 139-141 (Serial). SDO90.

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