Ridge Tile
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NCM 1962-320
A medieval louvered ridge tile excavated in Goosegate, Nottingham, in 1961. The tile is green glazed and was made between 1200 and 1400. A tiered structure, it would have been placed on a roof to provide ventilation or allow smoke to escape from a fireplace below.
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