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Medieval Floor Tile
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From Garendon Abbey. Found in the wall of Garendon Hall. Wooden box has a note saying "Tile, belonging to Garendon Abbey, discovered in a wall during the late alterations to the Hall at Garendon Park 1865"
c. 1190-1220
This is possibly the earliest near complete medieval floor tile in Leicestershire. It is an example of medieval Cistercian floor tile design derived from continental examples.
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Kirkland A, "An Early Medieval Floor Tile from Garendon Abbey" in Leicestershire Historian (Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society) Vol 54 2018 p24-28.
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L_A152_1963 Whitcomb 1 Garendon Abbey.jpg
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