Ancient Roman Oven Photos

[TropicalCoasting]

Would the bricks and mortar in the old ovens just be standard terracotta bricks and standard mortar?

[brickie in oz]

It sure would, and they are still there.. it would have been lime mortar though.

[Optionparty]

Originally Posted by TropicalCoasting

Would the bricks and mortar in the old ovens just be standard terracotta bricks and standard mortar?

The terracotta in my oven looks like it could have been made from old broken terracotta roofing tiles, because I see a slight curve to some of them. I don't know how long ago terracotta roofing tiles were being used, but I suspect it was a long time ago.

Carl

[TropicalCoasting]

Aluminium originates in the earth in the form of a red or brownish clay called Bauxite. Bauxite ore is found in abundance in the Caribbean, Australia and Africa and estimated figures suggest that 8% of the earth’s surface contains this red clay. Bauxite is an ore, rich in aluminium oxide formed over millions of years by chemical weathering of rocks containing aluminium silicates.

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Makes you wonder whether the red clay bricks naturally had a high aluminium content.