Excavation in RB settlement, Tiddington

Description of this historic site

During excavation work of the Roman site at Tiddington, an oven for roasting ore was uncovered. The finds included the floor of a furnace, fragments of quern, and a piece of an urn from the early Roman period.

Notes about this historic site

1 Excavations at Tiddington revealed an ore roasting oven and the floor of a furnace. Both were constructed of rough slabs of limestone, amongst the stones were two fragments of a millstone grit quern. Slightly to the north a large piece of a fine 1st century urn was found.

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