More information : Hodgson described the remains of the bath house in 1822, which was then being robbed for stone. (1)
Bosanquet noted that, in a trench cut by lead prospectors, well-built Roman walls could be seen disappearing into a steep bank of accumulated debris. (2)
A small excavation in 1932 showed that the bath house extended some 15 feet further to the N than the surface remains indicated, and that one wall was still ten courses high. (3)
NY 7924 6888. The bath house for the garrison at Housesteads stood on a shelf above the E bank of the Knag Burn, 90m ENE of the E gate of the fort. The site has never been extensively excavated archaeologically, and the present turf-covered earthworks offer little coherence. (5)
The earthwork remains of the bath house are clearly visible on air photographs and were mapped as part of the Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Project. They appear to consist of a series of rooms visible as hollows. A pathway leads down to the site from the east, its date is uncertain and it is recorded separately (see NY 76 NE 409). It is possible that certain of the recorded hollows, in particular that situated at NY 7921 6888, could relate to lead prospection as mentioned by authority 2. (7-8)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (9) |