The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 17
Page 150
... tiles was also an essentially rural craft , with kilns , particularly for floor - tiles , either being built and used at sites where the floors were to be laid ( for example , Clarendon Palace , Norton Priory and Meaux Abbey ) , 118 or ...
... tiles was also an essentially rural craft , with kilns , particularly for floor - tiles , either being built and used at sites where the floors were to be laid ( for example , Clarendon Palace , Norton Priory and Meaux Abbey ) , 118 or ...
Page 156
... tiles seem occasionally to have been fired together , tile . making was usually a specialised industry with its own techniques and types of kilns . The methods employed in their manufacture have been studied by a number of scholars ...
... tiles seem occasionally to have been fired together , tile . making was usually a specialised industry with its own techniques and types of kilns . The methods employed in their manufacture have been studied by a number of scholars ...
Page 157
... tiles were never adopted for production on a large scale , the simple square form being used for later mass - production . Mosaic tiles were therefore made in response to ' special orders ' and must have been manufactured as close as ...
... tiles were never adopted for production on a large scale , the simple square form being used for later mass - production . Mosaic tiles were therefore made in response to ' special orders ' and must have been manufactured as close as ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbey Anglo-Saxon appear Archaeol archaeological archaeological evidence areas aspects Benedictine Beresford Biddle buildings built carried castles centres changing church Cistercian clay cloth common concentrated construction continued crofts discovered distribution documentary documentation domestic early eleventh England English evidence example excavation farm fields firing floor foundations fourteenth Goltho ground historical houses illustrated important increased indicate individual industry instance interest iron kilns known land late later London materials Medieval Archaeology medieval towns medieval village mentioned methods Middle Ages moated sites monasteries monastic motte needed Norman occupied orders origins parish particularly past peasant period population possible pottery present preserved probably produced question reasons recent remains result seems seen settlement shown sources standing stone Street structures suggest Sulgrave surrounded thirteenth century throughout tiles timber tion tower towns trade twelfth urban usually walls Winchester