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TILE
Unique ID: IOW-829BB7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fifty six fragments of unclassified Roman tile. Surface finds in association with other Roman ceramic building material consisting of box-flue tile, floor-tile, tegulae and tesserae. These were discovered where the grassland had been disturbed during the very wet conditions at the 2008 Isle of Wight ‘Bestival’ musical event. The find-spot is very close to the site of Combley Roman Villa.
Class: Unclassified
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Landowner
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 56
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th January 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2009-5-5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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