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BRIQUETAGE
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Somerset County Council, Wil Partridge, 2018-03-09 15:44:37
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BRIQUETAGE
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Three fragments of Roman ceramic briquetage slabs, probably daitng to c. AD 250-410. The slabs are irregular in plan and flat in cross section, with one likely surviving to its original thickness (no.1: c. 21.3mm thick; 89.5g in weight), the other two fragments (no. 2: 15.1mm thick; 64.6g in weight; no. 3: 12.0mm thick; 67.7g in weight) having lost their original surfaces. The fragments are of a uniform fabric, oxidised and with an extremely abundant, coarse organic temper. In colour the fabric varies both between and on fragments, ranging from brick red, to lilac and buff-white; the variation in colour caused by chlorides in the salt bleaching of the iron oxides in the clay.

Total weight: 221.8g.

A number of salterns are known on the Somerset levels, and the fabric seen here closely resembles that found on other sites (cf. that from the nearby Pyde Drove, nr. Woolavington, in Hughes, Payne & Rainbird 2017), the saltern mounds at the above site were associated with ceramic sherds dating to the later Roman period (ibid: table 1). This record is a small sample of a larger assemblage which has been disturbed by Badgers, see also SOM-4874C1, as well as a collection of ceramic sherds: SOM-559298, SOM-56B5A1, SOM-56E0C1.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 250 and 410
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FindID: 886719
Old ref: SOM-4826B1
Filename: SOM4826B1c.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1005607
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1005607/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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Object location51° 10′ 00.48″ N, 2° 54′ 29.09″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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