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TILE
Unique ID: WMID-7299E5
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete fragment of a handmade curved ceramic roof tile type, known as Imbrex, of Roman dating (1st to 4th Centuries AD).
The tile fragment is sub triangular in plan, with a shallow curved cross section. The ceramic fabric is oxidised (orangey red colour), with frequent large grog & metamorphic rock inclusions.
The tile fragment measures 43.26mm in length, 33.60mm wide and 13.29mm thick. It weighs 17.3 grams.
The style of the fabric and the curved cross section is suggestive of a curved ceramic roof tile type, known as Imbrex, used commonly throughout the Roman period (1st to 4th Centuries AD). Imbrex tiles were used in conjunction with a large flat tile with square flat ridges at either side, known as tegula.
Tile fragment was not photographed.
Class: imbrex
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: 43.26 mm
Width: 33.6 mm
Thickness: 13.29 mm
Weight: 17.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Brailes
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3040
Four figure Latitude: 52.057575
Four figure longitude: -1.563867
1:25K map: SP3040
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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