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Medieval ceramic floor tile
Lewis Group 21 no.344
Single tile fragment.
Slip-on impression. 4-tile design: a circle decorated with linked roundels enclosing an octofoil of leaf tracery surrounding a central circle; the lobes of the octofoil contain alternating shields of arms: chequy a chevron ermine (Newburgh) and quarterly 2nd and 3rd a fret all over a bend (Despenser); outside the circle in each corner a circle divided radially into six, the alternate spaces containing a trefoil. BM Design 1723 (Great Malvern Priory).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
98.27H/28.1
Find Information
Site Name: Monmouth Comprehensive School, Monmouth
Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1977
Notes: found during construction work
Measurements
length / mm:124.4 x 83.4
thickness / mm:31.6
weight / g:453.2
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