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Description: | Unglazed fragment of a floor tile of medieval date (1250-1450). The fragment is irregular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. It measures 73mm in length, 50mm width and is 17.3mm thick. It weighs 62.81 grams. The fabric of the tile is relatively hard with a number of angular and sub-angular quartz, grit, and iron stone inclusions. The fabric colour is two-tone, the outer a mid orange and the inner (core) a mid grey. This two-tone effect has been caused by low temperatures within the kiln and is typical of medieval pottery. The upper surface of the tile has been decorated with a moulded design consisting of four chevrons (<<<<). This design is formed by impressing the surface of the tile with a die to create the pattern; in many cases (but not here) the grooves are then filled with white clay. There is evidence of a large amount of wear on the upper surface which has worn the pattern down. Similar wear cannot be seen on any of the other surfaces. There is no evidence of mortar on any of the surfaces of the tile, however, there is only one original straight edge on the fragment all others are relatively old breaks. This lack of mortar might suggest that the floor was laid either on a bed of sand or on top of a leveled beaten earth floor. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1250
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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