Box Flue Tile

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Box Flue Tile

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.66

Description

Three fragments of box flue tiles with diamond scoring, from the Roman site at Newstead

Use

A Flue is the vertical passageway up and down the inside of the chimney. Flue's could also be used as air spaces between walls and drains.

Context

The remains of flue tiles at Trimontium was abundant.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

CBM
Infrastructure

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1630

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Lining, Flue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Component, Chimney

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Environmental Control Elements

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

clay tile

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

1935

Material

Ceramic

Color

Tan, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition