Building record 0447101000 - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, PENN: graves lined with tiles

Summary

Two graves in Holy Trinity church lined with decorative tile wasters from fourteenth century found while digging a drain

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

IN DIGGING DRAINS, N SIDE OF CHURCH, 2 GRAVES DISTURBED, LINED WITH TILES. MOST WERE C14 PENN TILE WASTERS. ALSO 2 BROKEN PIECES OF LINE-IMPRESSED MOSAIC, UNIQUE IN PENN. 1 WAS PART OF ROUNDEL, WITH PILGRIM & BORDER & 'M SEMPER A'. OTHER WAS PART OF HEXAGONAL TILE WITH LION'S FACE. BOTH WASTERS (MORE DETAIL) (B12).

Sources (3)

  • <12>SBC4472 Bibliographic reference: EAMES E S 1980 CATALOGUE OF MEDIEVAL LEAD-GLAZED E ARTHENWARE TILES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDIEVAL & .
  • <13>SBC2607 Article in serial: CAUVAIN P & S 1991 'NEW DISCOVERIES OF PENN TILES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 33 PP44-48.
  • <15>SBC20700 Bibliographic reference: Miles Green. 2003. Medieval Penn Floor Tiles. pp38,40.

Location

Grid reference SU 91640 93280 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • FLOOR TILE (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12022)

Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 6:57PM

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