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FLUE TILE
Unique ID: HESH-606030
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a hand made ceramic box flue tile, of Roman dating (1st to 4th Centuries AD).
Approximately 5-10% of the box flue tile is present, consisting of part of one side and part of the front of the tile, with combed detail. It is sub triangular in plan, and L shaped in cross section. The front exhibits combed detail formed from five parallel lines in a wavy pattern. The combed pattern is to help attach the wall plaster to the ceramic tile, and traces of the white plaster are still present on the surface. The side of the tile exhibits an old break along the length.
The ceramic fabric is oxidised, with occasional small grit & quartz granules present in the matrix.
The box flue tile fragment measures 116.67mm in length, 77.13mm wide and 35.98mm thick. It weighs 221.76 grams.
Box flue tiles are typically Roman in date, as they form part of the central heating system (the flues to allow warm air to heat the walls), common in high status Roman buildings.
Class: box
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 90
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 116.67 mm
Width: 77.13 mm
Thickness: 35.98 mm
Weight: 221.76 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wroxeter and Uppington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ5608
Four figure Latitude: 52.667915
Four figure longitude: -2.652075
1:25K map: SJ5608
1:10K map: SJ50NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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