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Monument Number 10702
Hob Uid: 10702
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Burgh By Sands
Grid Ref : NY3291059070
Summary : Possible site of Roman baths, indicated by structures and various finds; no surface trace. An altar dedicated to Deo Belatuca was found in the vicarage garden.
More information : (Area NY 3291 5907) During the excavation of the canal (later the railway) (Lin 91) at Burgh-by-Sands c 1819, blocks of stone blackened by smoke were dug out of the soil south east of the church (1). Fifty yards east of the church (? along the line of the canal) was found a large floor of hard cement, and a stone inscribed with a figure of Mercury. A metal pot and a coin of Faustina (4) were found 100 yards east of the church. Pieces of red earthern pipes were found in the general area. An altar dedicated to Deo Belatuca was found in the vicarage garden (5). Wilkin (5a) recorded a pot full of soot, foundations of houses, and much Roman pottery found on the flat ground about the vicarage barn (The old vicarage at NY 3290 5912). Richmond (3) places the Roman Baths in this general area. (1-5) No visible remains. (6) Altar found before 1766. Full details of inscription. (7) Possible Bath house area south-east of church; no accurate locational details are given by any of the above Authorities and there is no trace on the ground. (8)

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Source details : History of Cumberland and Westmorland 1860 (W Whellan)
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Source details : (W Chapman)
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Source details : Roman Wall 1957 (J C Bruce)
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Source details : History of Northumberland Vol 2 pt 3 1840 (J Hodgson)
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Source Number : 5a
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Source details : J Wilkin
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Source details : F1 BHP 17-NOV-69
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Mark Bowden/04-JUL-1990/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Altar, Baths
Evidence : Find, Conjectural Evidence

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Altar, Baths
Object Type : ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 28
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External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 3259/18
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 2038
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 35 NW 9
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-11-17
End Date : 1969-11-17

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1976-01-01
End Date : 1976-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1993-08-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 10702