Uses and recycling of brick in medieval and Tudor English buildings

Insights from the application of luminescence dating and new avenues for further research

Bibliographic Data

ID11612061
AuthorsI K Bailiff (0000-0001-8932-181X, Durham University, corresponding author), Sophie Blain (Institut de Recherche sur les ArchéoMATériaux), C P Graves (Durham University), T Gurling (Durham University), Stuart Semple (0000-0001-6461-6814, Durham University)
Year2010
Volume167
Issue1
Pages165-196
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2010.11020796
OpenAlexW2044727210
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited29

Luminescence dating has been applied to ceramic bricks sampled from a selection of English medieval ecclesiastical and secular buildings in Essex, Kent and Lincolnshire, ranging in age from the fourth to the late sixteenth centuries. The results obtained for the Anglo-Saxon churches, which included Brixworth, confirmed the reuse of Roman brick in all cases. The dates for the earliest medieval brick type indicate that brick making was reintroduced during the eleventh century, a century earlier than previously accepted, and dates for bricks from the same secular Tudor building indicate that the practice of recycling of building materials during the late medieval period was also applied to brick

Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Art · Brick · Thermoluminescence dating · Building materials and conservation · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Engineering · History

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