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TILE

Unique ID: HESH-60D03C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Eardisland History and Heritage Group

Eardisland Excavation 2013

Site Summary: Finds made during excavation of a single trench 16m x 1.25m across crop marks on cultivated land.

Site number: RHYD 13

Context number: 001

A single fragment of Ceramic Building Material most probably Roman roof tile / tegula

The fragment measures.:

1: 33.4mm in length, 22.3mm width, 24.7mm thick and weighs 21 grams.

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Sherd specific details:

Fabric Type: Possibly Severn Valley Ware

Fabric Condition: A hard fabric

Firing Condition: The exterior and interior have an orange /red with a dull light brown core.

Inclusions Fine fabric containing common mica occasional quartz grains (<0.5mm) clay.pellets(1.5mm), fragments of black or brown fine-grained rock (1.0mm) iron ore and unidentified soft white inclusions, possibly decayed feldspar (0.5mm)

Surface Texture: Rough

Condition of sherds: Abraded.

Class: Oxidised Severn Valley Ware Fabric 12.

Class: Tegula

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Hereford Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 21 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Thursday 31st October 2013

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 10386
Other reference: RHYD_13_018
Museum accession number: Hereford Museum: 2014_61

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Eardisland (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO4358
Four figure Latitude: 52.21724888
Four figure longitude: -2.83573833
1:25K map: SO4358
1:10K map: SO45NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Controlled archaeological investigation
Current location: Hereford Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: HESH
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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