Medieval Tiles in the news - Westgate, Oxford

  

The 13th century tile pavement uncovered at Westgate Oxford 

© Oxford Archaeology

 

"The tiles were probably made near Newbury in West Berkshire and are of the 'Stabbed Wessex' type, whose main period of use was between AD 1280 – 1350."

Full story at: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art558663-You-always-find-the-best-stuff-on-the-last-day-Unearthing-a-medieval-tile-floor-at-Westgate-Oxford

The Friargate Dig - yes it has bricks!

I'll be dropping in to have a look at this site on the Bank Holiday, mostly to see what brick and tile they have :D  Sounds like it'll be a very interesting event, so do pop in if you can!

Additional 12/1/14.  There is a blog for this project here.

Romans in Ravenglass

Bit of a hiatus on this blog due to a move in job which ultimately proved rather difficult for me to maintain (too much travelling and a lot of covering for staff absences, involving frequent changing of days).  But the old warhorse is now out in the field again come this September. I will be at Ravenglass, helping my partner with his excavations! 

We visited the bathouse way back in the 1980s and still have some slides from that time. Little did we realise that we'd be revisiting it with a vengeance and to dig holes :)  Anyway, we're up in Cumbria for most of September, along with a few visits of a couple of days' duration to attend meetings and the like.  So it's a busy summer for us.