More information : (NZ 2109 3126) A circular building with hypocaust forming
part of a bath suite, situated outside the southeast rampart of the
fort was excavated 1878-80. Plan (1a). The building variously
described as a caldarium of sudatorium had three structural phases;
the first period tentatively ascribed to the late 1st - early 2nd
century (1b). No dating evidence was noted for the two later phases,
although the discovery of terra-cotta "bobbin-like" objects were
thought to be Kiln-rests. (1)
A shallow circular depression is the only surface indication of the
building. Area under pasture. (2)
Not surveyable. (3)
Nothing visible on APs. (4)
As stated by authorities 2 and 3, an unsurveyable shallow circular?
depression in arable ground at NZ 2109 3126 is the only evidence of this now. (5)
NZ 2109 3126. The site of the bath house associated with Binchester
Fort (NZ 23 SW 16), partly excavated by Hoopell (authority 1a) is
marked by a roughly circular depression, about 0.6m deep, which is
imposed on a lynchet. The site was surveyed at 1:1000 by RCHME in
1983. (6) |