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Discussion in 'Fruit and Veg Gardening' started by Zigs, May 29, 2025.

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    Lucky you nothin that interesting in my area. Looks like sandstone rock with something ancient held in side . Plz curious minds want to know, what’s inside?
     
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    It's a Medieval floor tile.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17765391...405&gbraid=0AAAAADA7Q_JK9BtM01Yl1uw7BeHMhdijw

    I dug a few up in the garden, looks like when the Victorians ripped the floor out of the church they dumped all the rubble in the garden :rolleyes::D
     
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    I guess they didn’t have heavy equipment to bury deep enough like today or ship their garbage to other countries back then. I think that was a good thing.
     
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    Yep, everything dumped locally until recently. I used to go bottle digging when I was a Ziglet, the barges would dump stuff on the floodplains by the river and then that would be covered up in the winter floods. The layer I used to dig to was about 6 feet down. Full of bottles and ceramic pots. Used to sell them for good money back in the 1970's but then the market got saturated (everyone started digging :rolleyes:) I found the remains of a Victorian catalogue that was still readable, also a china doll's head. Oh, and a bone toothbrush handle that was marked with the name of the local chemists shop :)
     
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    Aah, ebay thought you wouldn't want a UK one :D

    He's one on Etsy, see if that works...

    https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/431...wd_jsqVOE4v26xVg9h9EDQEIc5QHS2vxoCQ6IQAvD_BwE

    I have got some catalogued but on an old computer. I'll take some pics tomorrow and start a new thread, actually, I could do that now with a couple then add some more when I've done them :)
     
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    Thanks Ziggs liked the tiles and all your neat finds.
     
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    Cheers Pac :)

    All ok today, Tetters grew these :D

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