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TILE
Unique ID: WMID-45FC46
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A fragment of ceramic building material (CBM), possibly a tile and dating to the Roman period, circa AD 43-410.
The fragment has an orange core with orange outer surface. One face is slightly smoother and the other is more pitted and slightly darker in colour. The smoother face has very fine quartz inclusions
The fragment measures 65.3 mm in length, 51.5 mm in width and 18.3 mm in thickness. It weighs 71 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65.3 mm
Width: 51.5 mm
Thickness: 18.3 mm
Weight: 71 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Huddington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9357
Four figure Latitude: 52.21117336
Four figure longitude: -2.10386383
1:25K map: SO9357
1:10K map: SO95NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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