VM_365 Day 75. Decorated Medieval Floor Tile from Salmestone Grange

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Today’s image shows a fragment of a 14th century glazed medieval floor tile found in 1979 during excavations at Salmestone Grange, Margate by the Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit.

Salmestone Grange was a Benedictine Monastic Grange founded in the 12th century by the Monks of St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury. The Grange operated as an administrative centre for their large estate, part of which covered most of Thanet. The Grange was also occasionally used as a retreat for the Monks.

The excavations, carried out in 1979, were located in the now ruined south western end of the domestic range, in the area of the garderobe and dormitory built in the 14th century by Thomas Ickham, Sacristan to the Abbot of St Augustine’s.

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