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Horseshoe shaped drainage tile excavated from a depth of 2' 62" at Canley, Coventry, resting on a piece of sandstone, in clay-like soil.
This is a horseshoe shaped drainage tile, used in a subsoil drainage system. It was excavated from a depth of 2 ft 6 ins in a field at Canley, Coventry. It was resting on a piece of sandstone, in clay-like soil. It was directly under another pipe, suggesting that it had become clogged and replaced.

1 tile: pottery

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'TILE // horseshoe shape', MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – 'Notes // Description: hollow arched tile with flattened based ends // History: found at a depth of 2 ft 6 ins, resting on a piece of sandstone...', MERL miscellaneous note - '62/257 - 62/261 // Tile Drains:- // 62/257 // [pencil sketch] // The tile was found in a field at Canley, Warwickshire, at a depth of 2 ft. 6 in. It was resting on a rough piece of sandstone (in some instances similar tiles were resting on the bedrock where it was shallow). The soil was a medium-heavy clay above new red sandstone. // 62/258 // [pencil sketch] // The tile was running in the same line immediately above 1 at a depth of 1 ft. 10 in. indicating that 1 had been there first, and had probably become choked, making it necessary for 2 to be laid. // ... NB The field was being developed as a building site and during excavations I was able to extract the tiles from the sides of deep trenches which had been cut.'