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This object was found during recent excavations of a late Roman building/ villa associated with an iron-working site located just south of Bristol. It was recovered from the fill of a ditch containing 3rd century pottery. The fabric is a typical orange-red fine sandy tile fabric. It is a segment of a ring-shaped item, overall (outer) diameter c 220 mm. One surface has a raised dog-tooth pattern, fairly crude in appearance but probably moulded. The opposite side has radiating wedge-shaped spurs projecting out which have been cut out of the soft clay. The tops of the wedges are broken surfaces. There are no traces of any mortar, sooting or burning anywhere. The inner curved surface is quite smooth. At present I am presuming it is some form of roof furniture although it is difficult to see how it functioned. I would be grateful to hear of any parallels or suggestions as to its possible function. Please e-mail your suggestions and observations to   and they will be added to this section)

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