Record ID: IOW-5479B4
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman flue tile, c.AD 43-410. This is a fragment of a rectangular tile with flat faces, with broken edges and corners. The obverse is scored with regular lines to help mortar to adhere to the surface. The breaks around the edges mean that no corners survive that indicate whether this is a wall or floor tile.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AD61BF
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Ceramic building material. Handmade flue tile fragment. Oxidised fabric with a reduced core, with parallel grooves across the upper side as formed and sand imprints on the lower side. Part of a hypocaust flue or box tile, with the grooves serving as keying for plaster. This object suggests a Romanised occupation equipped with central heating in the vicinity, possibly a ‘villa’ or its bath house. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Length: 68.8mm, Thickness: 17.7mm, Weight: 59.65gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-FAAE19
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A heavily abraded fragment of a Roman box flue tile, 75mm in length. The tile has a reddish low fired earthenware fabric. The outer surface has been combed for the attachment of plaster.
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th February 2022
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Record ID: WREX-35EAE6
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
A group of seven (7) fragments of Roman box flue tile dating c43-410AD. All of the fragments are produced from a low fired earthenware fabric with sandy inclusions. All fragments have been fired to a pale orangey-red colour. Six of the seven fragments (nos. 1-6) have traces of combed decoration on one side only. The seventh fragment is undecorated. It is possible that this is a roof tile rather than a flue tile as there is a mark that could be the remnants of a nail hole. Measurements: Length: 67mm; width: 53.4mm; thickness: 256.1mm; weight: 99.4g Length: 66.8mm; …
Created on: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rossett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-4BBD4D
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of roman ceramic wall box flue tile for the hypocaust. This has crosshatched striations on the surface to adhere plaster. Orange colour throughout with grog tempering.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotswolds', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1BAD42
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
End fragment of a Roman ceramic combed box flue tile with some mortar on exterior, extant width 101mm, thickness 18mm, weight 189g, mid 1st -4th century.
Created on: Friday 20th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-757BAD
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman ceramic relief-patterned tile, possibly a box-flue (AD 43-410). This fragment includes a finished flat edge. On one face there are worn comb marks and the other face is plain. This object is tempered with numerous various sized pieces of stone and grog. The inner core is grey and the breaks are water-worn. Length: 89.0mm; width: 78.9mm; thickness: 24.0mm. Weight: 196.64g. A chance surface find within the inter-tidal zone. The combed striations would serve as a key for plaster applied on the outer sides of a box or flue tile. This would carry hot ai…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-7686AD
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of Roman ceramic building material, specifically from box flue tile, dating toAD 43-410. Description: The fabric is an orange-red in colour with rare inclusions of small white stones (unidentified). The tiles are all fully oxidised hence the bright orange fabric. Both are irregularly shaped. All have combed linear grooves, which on the larger one have a second group or of grooves which overlap of the main set. Measurements: Fragment 1: 64.01mm wide, 72.6mm long, 27.31mm thick and 139.72g in weight. Fragment 2: 55.3mm wide, 59.299mm long, 26.83mm thick and 66.…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-53418A
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman ceramic combed box flue tile, weight 31g, thickness 13mm, mid 1st - 4th century. Surface find in western area.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-0894CC
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two worn fragments of Romano-British (AD 43-410) ceramic box flue tile. Both are L-shaped in profile and one retains two groups of parallel combed grooves on one face, arranged in a V-shape. Both fabrics are sandy and micaceous. One (grooved piece) is oxidised but grey on the outside surfaces while the other is oxidised to the outside surfaces and grey on the inside. The former measures 59.2x49.9x21.9mm, the latter 69.6x40.2x19.1mm. They collectively weigh 174.44g. Box flue tiles were used to create flues in the walls of a building, through which hot air generated by the hypocaust …
Created on: Monday 8th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Record ID: WILT-DAC561
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Roman (AD 43-410) ceramic building material in the form of a box flue tile, measuring 64.43x48.10x17.60mm and weighing 40.1g. The fabric is sandy and oxidised, and the decoration comprises either combed or rolled parallel lines. The grooves are 2-3mm wide and where one complete group survives, there are five grooves in a group. The groups are set either at 90 degrees or 45 degrees to each other. Box flue tiles were used to create flues in the walls of building, through which hot air generated by the hypocaust system would pass. The Linear grooves decorating the surfa…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
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Record ID: IOW-774535
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Seven box-flue tile fragments of Roman date. Combined weight: 796g. These surface finds were found in association with Roman ceramic building material consisting of unclassified (Roman) tile, tegulae and tesserae. The fragments was 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 4 fragments 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.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-F6DD28
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
1 small and abraded fragment of an incised flue tile in an oxidised red fabric. Diagonal incised grooves on one face.
Created on: Wednesday 10th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID3281
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
This maybe a fragment of a flue tile. The fabric of the material is a orange/cream colour. The inclusions are fine and micaceous with grog inclusions. The tile is highly fired. The shape of the tile is sub-rectangular in plan. One long edge is broken. The opposite edge is bevelled, as is one short edge. The other short edge is broken. The upper surface of the tile is smooth except for a combed '>' shape. The combing has four wide angular grooving. There is a traces of a darker coloured orange/red substance which is on the surface, which could be a type of mortar. The reverse of the ti…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
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Record ID: WMID2915
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
There are five fragments of flue tiles. Each fragment has a combed indentations on the surface. Two fragments has curved combing, the other is linear. No pattern is discernible. Four fragments are made of an orange coloured ceramic material which has very small inclusions. One of these fragments has yellow coloured striations visible within the fragment. The five fragment is a grey coloured ceramic material, however the exterior surface is a maroon colour.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE HONINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2917
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The fragment of flue tile is made from a ceramic material which has in manufactured been placed on a sand bed. The lower surface of the fragment is a pink/orange colour with the surface covered with sandy particles. Below this pink/orange colour the material has a dark grey coloured surface, which also occurs on the upper face. Between these two grey layers the material is a red/orange colour. The fabric of the tile has a moderate number of sandy inclusions and one larger ?grog inclusion. The upper surface has a combed design with one stroke of linear combed indentation butt against, …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE HONINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2679
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragments of flue tile. Combed decoration. Highly abraded.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEREFORD AND WORCESTER LONGDON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2022
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
x 13 sherds of an orange coloured fabric. The sherds have edges which form right-angles. On the upper surfaces there are combed impressions. Varying sized fragments from 165mm to 60mm.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2000
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE HONINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID1588
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
x 2 sherds of an orange coloured fabric. The sherds have edges which form right-angles. On the upper surfaces there are combed impressions.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE HONINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.