Vine St Leicester Roman Townhouse Roman Roof Slates Craftworking

  

Group of 3 images, Vine St excavations, roof slates from the Roman townhouse, with craftworking and manufacturer’s marks:

VineSt_RomanSlateIndustry1.jpg

Image of Vine St excavations finds. Roman Swithland slates dressed for roofing, and with nail-holes showing. Left showing squared out area marked on the underside, corresponding to the portion of the upper surface visible when in place on a roof.

VineSt_RomanSlateIndustry2.jpg

Image of Vine St excavations find. Roman Swithland slate (detail) dressed for roofing, and with nail-holes showing. Squared out area marked on the underside, corresponding to the portion of the upper surface visible when in place on a roof.

VineSt_RomanSlateIndustry3.jpg

Image of Vine St excavations finds. Roman Swithland slates dressed for roofing, and with nail-holes showing. Showing detail of original layout of these diamond-shaped roof slates.