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Description: | Two bricks (ceramic building material formed into regular tablets) of probable Roman date (100-350 AD). The two bricks are of a similar size and shape; being sub-rectangular in both plan and cross section. They are formed from a relatively soft (powdery) mica rich fabric with significant quantities of angular and sub-angular grit, quartz, and grog (broken pottery) inclusions. The fabric is a uniform mid-orange colour. The surface of both bricks is relatively rough and pitted. There is no evidence of mortar or other similar compounds and this would suggest that they were either not used - or used in a way that they were not joined to other surfaces. This would also suggest that there is no evidence of a plaster surface and so they were not dressed / decorated. The bricks measure: a) 96.9mm length, 68.3mm width, 29.5mm thick and weighs 266.53 grams. b) 97.5mm length, 71.4mm width, 27.6mm thick and weighs 256.73 gramsA comparison of these bricks has been made with material from the excavations of the mansio / bath house at Leintwardine which is stored at Ludlow Museum Resource Centre. These bricks are very similar in size, shape and fabric hence the proposed Roman date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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