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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Lewis Group 21 no. 307
Slip-on impression. Part of a 9-tile design (made up of nos. 307-9) BM Design 2859 (Great Malvern Priory).
The overall 9-tile design comprises a circle of double lines flanking a frieze of opposed three-leaf motifs; within a circle leaf tracery forming eight compartments containing shields of arms of two designs arranged alternatively: a cross patonce between five martlets (Westminster Abbey) and cross keys with sword in pale (Gloucester Abbey); in the centre an octagonal motif of linked trefoils; outside the circle each corner has a framed leaf motif.
A fragment of a decorated ceramic floor tile
Site Name: Cadogan House, Monmouth
Notes: The site of a kiln producing floor and roof tiles, north of the Priory Church. The most significant finds consisted of kiln wasters of of tiles belonging to the Malvernian series, roof tiles and a dump of unused clay (Lewis, J, M. 1999. The Medieval Tiles in Wales).
