- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fragment of a fine grained ceramic tile with impressed/incised decoration on one surface - possibly a flue tile. [CG [Excav. PR] 12/06/2013]
- Long description
- Fragment of a fine grained ceramic tile with impressed/incised decoration on one surface - possibly a flue tile. [CG [Excav. PR] 12/06/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England Greater London City of London
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Unknown Archaeological period: Roman
- Date collected
- By 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884, uncertain Found unentered: 12/06/2013
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 23 mm, Width: max 87 mm, Length: max 132 mm, Weight 246 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2013.43.1
- Research and responses
Pitt Rivers excavated part of the London Wall in October to December 1866 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
It is unclear to me why London Wall has been recorded as a possible site in the day book. [Dan Hicks 11/11/2013]
This item has been tentatively attributed to London Wall by Faye Belsey as it was found with other London Wall material [AP 14/8/2015]
Pitt Rivers monitored excavations happening at London Wall between October and December 1866. He published two papers on this in 1867. His work was also heavily referenced in a 1906 paper by Norman and Reader. Full references: Lane Fox, A. 1867a. ‘On objects of the Roman period found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall’ Archaeological Journal 24:61-64; Lane Fox, A. 1867b. ‘A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of pile buildings.’ Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5:71-83; Norman, P. and Reader, F.W. 1906. ‘Recent discoveries in connection with Roman London.’ Archaeologia 60:169-250 [CB 8/12/2009]
Search terms: Dwelling, Pottery, Building Part