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TILE
Unique ID: ESS-846142
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete tile dating to the Late Roman period. It is roughly triangular in shape and has a light orange brown colouring with a dark grey reduction layer running through the centre. On one side in the bottom right hand corner is the impression from a dog's paw.
The tile was located in the same area as the 3rd century Roman fort of Othona at Bradwell-on-Sea, which was constructed around the time of the Carausian Revolt (AD286-296). Based on this association the tile likely dates to the late 3rd to 4th century,
The tile is 99.16g, 77.66mm length, 39.51mm width, 19.34mm thickness
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 77.66 mm
Width: 39.51 mm
Thickness: 19.34 mm
Weight: 99.16 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Maldon (District)
Parish or ward: Bradwell-on-Sea (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0307
Four figure Latitude: 51.7249588
Four figure longitude: 0.9378391
1:25K map: TM0307
1:10K map: TM00NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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