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TILE
Unique ID: NLM-0085A0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fired clay roof-tile. Three fragments. a) Pale orange oxidised fabric with rare inclusions of brick debris (up to 7mm in length). Hand-made, sanded on underside; slight curvature suggesting the piece derives from a ridge or hip tile. Length: 80mm, Max Width:71mm, Thickness: 20mm. b) Pale orange oxidised fabric with rare inclusions of brick debris (up to 6mm in length). Hand-made, sanded on underside; slight curvature suggesting the piece derives from a ridge or hip tile. Length: 67mm, Width: 47mm, Thickness17mm. c) Hard dull red fabric, reduced to grey on underside and through most of its thickness, with rare inclusions of flint (up to 5mm in length) and grog. Hand-made, sanded on underside. Length: 48mm, Width: 44mm, Thickness: 17-19mm. Fragments (a) and (b) appear likely to be Roman fabrics. Fragment (c), which shares various characteristics with them may be a more intensely fired fragment of the same material, or may alternatively be from a later tile of Medieval or Post-Medieval date. The finder's grid reference is given as SE 914 911, but the find-spot is described as 1 mile west of Ings Farm, Kirton in Lindsey. This would suggest the intended NGR to be SE 914 991.
Class: Ridge
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Length: 80 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th March 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM13424
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Kirton in Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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