Find Spot record 1270001000 - COBBLER'S COTTAGE, Beacon Hill

Summary

Medieval tiles found in garden of Cobbler's Cottage

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Extensive finds made in the garden of Cobbler's Cottage which backs onto a former very large clay pit. Some new designs found, in particular, plain yellow, brown and green tiles and a St Alban's type tile, 1in thick with a sharp-edge design of a lion's mask flanked by fleur de lys. Wasters are reported to abound, but no actual kiln site has been found. Some tiles given to the Open Air Museum, Newlands (1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC20079 Unpublished document: Miles Green. 2003. Penn Tiles. pp25.

Location

Grid reference SU 90843 93364 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 29 2012 3:09PM

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