Finds at Elmswell Farm

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  • Roman tile fragment potentially turned into ceramic tessera

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    • Ceramic fragment probably a fragment of a Roman tile dating 43-410AD. The fabric is red oxidised with moderate micaceous inclusions. It is sub-squared and flat with broken jagged edges. Similar to PUBLIC-56C0CD (PAS database). Length 17mm, width 16mm, thickness 8mm, weight 3.45g.
      • Edwin Lambert
    • 2-6-2019
    • Ceramic tile fragment potentially made into a tesserae though they are usually cubes rather than flat and it's edges are very jagged suggesting it could have been part of tessellated pavement as there does appear to be traces of mortar, but this could just as easily be a result of bonding the tile in place. The fabric is red oxidised with moderate micaceous inclusions. Similar to PUBLIC-56C0CD (PAS database). Length 17mm, width 16mm, thickness 8mm, weight 3.45g.
      • David Wallace
    • 18-12-2020

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From Context

  • Context: ELM_4046
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    • Raised Layer below topsoil on North-East end of trench 4
    • Matthew Rowley
    • 19-8-2018
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