DecLawles

Hey, Here's some more photo's of somethings that I didn't picture before, plus a couple of bits of pottery which we found on the public footpath today on the surface and took great care to catalog where they were located before moving them. Please anyone who can tell us what any of these are it would be greatly appreciated. If they help date what we have found that would be even better. In addition to this pottery we also found a fashioned piece of metal and a very polished and perfect stone ball, of a stone type that is not found anywhere else within the area we have walked. We have also mapped the area where we found the pieces and have been able to ascertain the area in the field in which the finds are most highly populated. We are doing what we can to find out who the land owner is and are sending of some of the pieces to be examined by our local finds officer. If anyone has any suggestions on which to send for examination then that again would be greatly appreciated. http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4189/p1020888h.jpg http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9690/p1020889o.jpg http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/3619/p1020890a.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6206/p1020891o.jpg http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/6535/p1020893.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1299/p1020895r.jpg http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/5729/p1020896.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1006/p1020897u.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5645/p1020898q.jpg http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9917/p1020900x.jpg http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6087/p1020901sd.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/796/p1020903i.jpg http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/673/p1020905.jpg http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4801/p1020906g.jpg http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1093/p1020907p.jpg http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/1189/p1020908v.jpg http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/8131/p1020910.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7103/p1020911a.jpg http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2124/p1020913l.jpg http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5179/p1020914cb.jpg http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5310/p1020915e.jpg http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9315/p1020916q.jpg http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7178/p1020917v.jpg http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/406/p1020918wk.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3292/p1020919d.jpg http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6765/p1020920u.jpg http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7002/p1020921e.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5078/p1020922rz.jpg I hope the pictures are of good enough quality, any questions or requests then please just ask, I have used a pound coin as a constant throughout to help ascertain size and thinkness of the objects. Kind Regards, Dec

Hi All, Thanks again for all the help and advice! We have been in contact with the local finds officer and they have said they appear roman, we are arranging to document where they were found and assist them in every way they can, we will keep you updated with what they say to us. Here is some of the photo's I have taken, apologies for the poor quality. The colours are all orange/red (the 3 which look different are only ones that we haven't cleaned) apart from the large piece which looks more like a floor tile than a roof one and has a sandy side one side and more smooth the other. I have also included some close ups to display the material in more detail. We would appreciate any advice you can give on their age or period they are from as we are very interested! http://postimage.org/image/1gwhcbtwk http://postimage.org/image/1gwizv6ec http://postimage.org/image/1gwkneiw4 http://postimage.org/image/1gwmaxvdw http://postimage.org/image/1gwnyh7vo http://postimage.org/image/1gwpm0kdg http://postimage.org/image/1gwsx39d0 http://postimage.org/image/1gww85yck http://postimage.org/image/1gwxvpauc http://postimage.org/image/1gwzj8nc4 http://postimage.org/image/1gx16rztw http://postimage.org/image/1gx2ubcbo http://postimage.org/image/1gx4huotg http://postimage.org/image/1gx7sxdt0 Thank you very much for any help you can give, if you need any more info or pics of specific bits just ask. Kind Regards, Dec

Hi, Thank you very much for your advice its very helpful and its nice to get such a fast response! We've never found anything before and are unsure as to if 1kg is a lot of tiles to find, they were all within a very local area, is this unusual to find so many within a small space? In regards to the pieces we have got, we are very interested to know what exactly they are, as we are not entirely sure if it is Roman or Medieval. Would the same people be able to help or is there another contact or someone else who can assist with that, though from picture comparison they do seem to have a lot more in common looks wise to other Roman tiles posted up. (But we are definitely no experts!) We both have a keen interest in history and would love to know more. Thanks again for your help. Regards, Dec

Hi, Me and my Dad went and took the dog for a walk today and within 10 minutes of finding one larger piece we found approx 1KG of roman tiles within a very small area in a field. I wondered what the importance of this would be and if there was anything we need to do. Does anyone have any suggestions for us? We will be going back tomorrow to try and collect more. Thank you very much for your time. Dec