Imbrex roof tile
Tiles were a very popular form of Roman roofing. This imbrex tile is one of many used to roof the house and outbuilding of the villa and farmstead at Holcombe, near Uplyme in Devon.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 284/1989/221
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Pollard, Sheila
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- imbrex roof tile
- Simple Name
- tile (roof)
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 175
- Production Year High
- 250
