Find Spot record 0516200000 - APRIL COTTAGE, ELM ROAD: Penn tile finds

Summary

Decorated medieval floor tile wasters found in garden on Elm Road

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Planning Notification Area: Site of a possible Medieval building or tile kiln suggested by finds scatter

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TILE WORKS? (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)

Description

GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PENN TILEWORKS: CASS 2743:03 (B1).
TILE & POTTERY FOUND IN GARDEN BY OCCUPANTS & GIVEN TO BCM. TILE INCLUDES DECORATED FLOOR TYPES, PLAIN & UNGLAZED TYPES. 14 FRAGS DECORATED PENN TILE INCLUDING HOHLER TYPES P50, P67, P74, P125, P138, P145. 7 PIECES FLOOR TILE, BROWN GLAZED, YELLOW SLIPPED, OR YELLOW SLIPPED/COPPER STAINED, PLAIN RED (UNGLAZED). NO DEFINITE WASTERS. ALSO FOUND 3 SLIP TRAILED BOWL RIMS IN BRICKY FABRIC (PENN?) AND 3 BROWN GLAZED SHERDS AND A SPOUT. FOUND WITH EARLIER PENN FLOOR TILES (B2-3).
PROBABLY NOT A KILN SITE (B4).
STUDY OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CERAMIC FROM SITE (B5).
Six designs of decorated floor tile wasters and plain black, brown and yellow tile fragments found whilst digging in the garden to the south side of the cottage close to the road and some 2 feet below ground. The pattern on two of the fragments is deeply recessed with the depressions showing little sign of slip (B6).

Sources (8)

<1>SBC2548 Bibliographic reference: CASS 02743:03:000.
<2>SBC1923 Unpublished document: 1982. BROADBENT MR J AND FARLEY M E, JULY 1982.
<3>SBC13599 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 23 1981 PP 128-129.
<4>SBC5030 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E JAN 1984.
<5>SBC2652 Unpublished document: Stan Cauvain. 1991. STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CERAMIC MATERIALS FROM MEDIEVAL KILNS IN SOUTH BUCKS.
<6>SBC20079 Unpublished document: Miles Green. 2003. Penn Tiles. pp26.
<7>SBC20700 Bibliographic reference: Miles Green. 2003. Medieval Penn Floor Tiles. p41 (T4).
<8>SBC20013 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Chalfont St Giles &C.

Location

Grid reference	SU 90742 93659 (point)
Civil Parish	PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

FLOOR TILE (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
SHERD (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: (EBC12877)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2024 9:54AM