Record ID: ESS-E52FA8
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of six ceramic tesserae of Roman date (c.43-410). Tessera 1: Description: The object is broadly rectangular in plan with broadly flat internal faces. It is made from a hard orange fabric with a thick, slightly redder core.  Measurements: length: 29.7mm; width: 24.5mm; thickness: 12.1mm; weight: 12.37g Tessera 2:  Description: The object is broadly rectangular in plan with three broadly flat internal faces and one irregular internal face. It is made from a hard orange fabric with a thick red to grey core. Measurements: length: 2…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-D923EB
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of seven ceramic tesserae of Roman date (c.43-410). Description:  Tessera 1: The object is broadly rectangular in plan with two flat and two irregular internal faces. It is made from a hard orange fabric with a red to grey core.  Measurements: length: 36.7mm; width: 32.1mm; thickness: 21.1mm; weight: 31.71g Tessera 2: The object is broadly rectangular in plan with broadly flat internal faces. It is made from a hard orange fabric with a thick red to grey core. Measurements: length: 28.5mm; width: 29.7mm; thickness: 23.1mm; weight: 28.…
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-3AC947
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of ceramic probable tessera of Roman date c. AD100-410.  Two of the pieces are sub rectangular in plan and cross section, the third piece is has three squared off edges but has a piece missing from the fourth corner and is triangular in cross section. All three pieces have a slightly pinkish white colour.  The first tessera measures 20.8mm x 21.0mm and it is 13.9mm deep The second tessera measures 23.7 x14.32mm and is 14.2mm deep The third object measures 24.42mm x 24.2mm and is 9.98mm deep The combined weight is 33.15 grams. Similar pieces of…
Created on: Friday 28th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tadmarton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-70A1D4
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Thirty tesserae of Roman date. Overall weight: 658g. All the tesserae are made from tile and are all cuboid in form. These surface finds were found in association with Roman ceramic building material consisting of unclassified (Roman) tile, box-flue tile, tegulae and tesserae. These tesserae were discovered where the grassland had been disturbed during the very wet conditions at the 2008 Isle of Wight ‘Bestival’ musical event. The find-spot is very close to the site of Combley Roman Villa. Another 93 tesserae found 29/01/2009.
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B24655
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
9 coarse limestone tesserae. These are small rough blocks of grey to off-white stone (probably Purbeck limestone). The upper surfaces are worn. The largest is 40 mm x 37 mm x 19 mm and the smallest is 26 mm x 23 mm x 19 mm. Such pieces (often together with blocks of tile) were used to make floors in Roman villas and other buildings. The coarse finish of these and their size mean that these would be used to make the plain borders around finer tesselated floor and mosaics and to floor passage ways etc. Weight: 270 g
Created on: Monday 13th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B259B4
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 tesserae. These are small rough blocks, two are of red tile and one is of off-white limestone. The upper surfaces are worn. Sample dimensions 19 mm x 17.5 mm x 11 mm. Such pieces were used to make floors in Roman villas and other buildings. The small size of these mean that they are likely to have been to make finer tesselated floors and mosaics. Weight: 18 g
Created on: Monday 13th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-531853
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Roman tesserae of rectangular form, both of an orange/red fabric with small sandy inclusions and with white encrustation around the exterior edges probably the remains of mortar originally used to hold them in place. They have a combined total weight of 39.08g. 1) Measures 30.60mm in length, 24.64mm in width, 18.15mm in thickness, and weighs 20.23g. 2) Measures 29.20mm in length, 24.22mm in width, 17.30mm in thickness, and 18.85g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A10B26
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A total of nine Roman tesserae with a combined total weight of 153.39g. 1) Six tesserae, one incomplete, that are roughly square in form and rectangular in section. They have extensive white encrustation probably as a result of mortar used to set the tesserae into the floor. They have a combined total weight of 92.58g. 2) Three similar tesserae but with darker red/grey upper surfaces, perhaps intended to represent a different colour, resultant from poor firing or exposure to high temperatures, or simply due to preservation in the ground. They have a combined total weight of 60.81g.
Created on: Tuesday 29th December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2ECD65
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman tile tessera, half of which is missing due to old breaks. It is formed from an orange/red fabric with sandy inclusions and measures 28.91mm in length, 28.01mm in width, 20.27mm in thickness, and weighs 18.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2EA087
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of tile preserving one corner of a Roman tessera. Formed from an orange/red fabric with sandy inclusions it measures 25.66mm in length, 23.85mm in width, 17.01mm in thickness, and weighs 11.90g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.