TYLER HILL, CANTERBURY, KENT, ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING REPORT, 2000
Author(s): Paul Linford
Excavations for the Time Team television programme at Tyler Hill near Canterbury uncovered the remains of a medieval tile kiln in a remarkably good state of preservation. Archaeomagnetic analysis of the kiln dated its last firing to between 1238 and 1286 (95% confidence level), in broad agreement with the available typological evidence. The archaeomagnetic date was achieved only after the application of an estimated "bedding correction" to compensate for movement of the kiln walls after the structure was abandoned. The accuracy of the date range quoted is therefore dependent upon this correction - which assumes that the tiles in question were originally horizontally disposed.
- Report Number:
- 83/2000
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 17
- Keywords:
- Archaeomagnetism
