YORYM 1997.60 - WATER PIPELINE, KEXBY, YORK

YORYM 1997.61 - WATER PIPELINE, KEXBY, YORK

Ceramic Building Materials

S Garside-Neville

Roman Material

There are two fragments of brick from the 1997.61 excavation that are worthy of note. The fabric of these pieces are similar to material found at the Apple Tree Farm kiln site, just outside York. The daub appears to be associated with the Roman tile.

Medieval Material

Medieval material is poorly represented. The few fragments identified (ie. the ridge tile) may actually be Post medieval in date

Post Medieval Material

The brick sample, judging by the measurements and appearance, is probably post medieval in date.

Recommendations

The site/s with the Roman tile are obviously of archaeological interest.

Context Listing - 1997.60

NB: Numbers in brackets = measurements in mm of thickness (T) or breadth (B)

Context Form/s Date

F2 Field drain; Ridge? 19th+

F14 Field drain 19th+

F23 Field drain; Roman brick, small frags 19th+

F43 1001 Ridge (T17); Brick (T52), slop moulded; 18th+

Brick (T40/B106), slop moulded, raindrops

?slip; Brick (T41); Brick (T54); Ridge (T15)

F44 Wall tile, dust pressed 19th+

F46 Modern brick; Field drain; Ridge? 20th

Context Listing - 1997.61

Context Form/s Date

F46 1007 ?Daub ?

F46 1037 ?Daub ?

1089 ?Daub ?

1113 ?Daub ?

1142 Roman brick Roman

1146 Roman brick (T35) Roman

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