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FLOOR TILE
Unique ID: WILT-9D71EC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete fired ceramic floor tile, dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The lower face of the object is sandy and uneven. The upper face is flat and smooth. The object has a mid-orange fabric with occasional small inclusions of red and white grog ranging from 1mm to 4mm and ocassional black iron-rich grains. The fragment has been fired evenly. The thickness of this fragment indicates that it is likely to have been used as a floor tile.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 47.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4812
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Clyffe Pypard (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0976
Four figure Latitude: 51.48288424
Four figure longitude: -1.87178456
1:25K map: SU0976
1:10K map: SU07NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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