Tufa
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Calcareous tufa
Measurements
95 mm (Width) x 55 mm (Depth); 215 mm (Length)
Collection
Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
NT 73947.2
Summary
Stone - 153.2 Lump of calcareous tufa used as a building material, particularly in roof vaulting, etc. Upper and lower flat surface are intact. This material was available locally and is known to outcrop in nearby modern Chedworth village, also Ratcombe Bottom. Worked Tufa building block - Sub-rectangular slab of equal thickness. Two flat faces, both have red mortar. Three straight, flat edges. Architectural fragment no. 0253. Similar to 0090, 0242 to 0252, 0254 to 0257. Architectural stone.