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FLOOR TILE
Unique ID: LVPL-947206
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
The fragment is from a piece of course floor tile from the medieval period. The ceramic appears to be very hard stoneware and is glazed in an orange colour on one side whilst the other side is a brown colour with some white marks. The glaze has a profuse amount of inclusions of varying sizes and colour, however in majority they are a brown colour, with some big black ones. The inclusions on the rest of the tile in contrast are quite sparse.
It weighs 26.9g, and is c. 43mm in length, c. 31mm in width and c. 16mm thick.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 26.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Friday 17th February 2017
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Selby area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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