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Medieval ceramic floor tile
Possibly Lewis group 21, no. 322. Slip-on impression. Square subdivided into a central square by narrow rectangular borders; the centre has a central five-petalled rose surrounded by a circular band. The borders and central rings are filled by a continuous black-letter inscription reading: mentem danctum, spontaneu (m) honorem deo, et patrie liberacionem (a holy mind, honor freely given to God, liberty to the country). Words of St Agatha.
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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).