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Medieval ceramic floor tile
Lewis Group 21, no. 318B. Thought to be the same stamp as 318A, but with a crack to the right side and some damage to the shield on some examples. Slip-on impression. Four-tile design: a barbed quatrefoil frame with repeating inscription: fiat voluntas dei (May the Will of God be done), surrounding four shields of arms: three lions passant guardant (royal arms of England,pre-1340). Outside the frame each corner has a pair of birds flanking a central stem.
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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).