Part of a Roman tile found in Chedworth, Gloucestershire. The Romans had a strong connection to this part of England. The ...

This large floor tile from Brading Roman Villa, Isle of Wight, is of a type called a sesquipedalis commonly used on floors supported by tile columns with underfloor heating. The surface shown here has ...

The face on this roof tile glares at the viewer. It was intended to scare away evil spirits from a building in the magnificent ancient capital city of Kyongju. Similar tiles were used earlier in China ...

This object from the collection of the Hunterian Museum was chosen, and written about, by Rachael Egan, honours student, Department of Classics, University of Glasgow. This fragment of Roman ...

This Medieval louvered ridge tile was excavated from a midden, or rubbish tip, at Goosegate, Nottingham, in 1961, by the Thoroton Society. Having been reconstructed by conservation staff at the ...

This tile from the Roman Bath House at Melyd Avenue, Prestatyn, was a part of the roof called an Antifex tile. It is marked "LEG : XX" and with a running boar, the symbol of the 20th Legion. This was ...