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Designations

• Scheduled Monument 1006365: Alchester Roman site

Monument Type(s):

• BATH HOUSE? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Summary

Site marked by a mound of earth known as the 'Castle Mound'.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds:

Description

1) - 3) Penrose, who owned the site excavated it in 1766 and found remains of a 'considerable doorway running apparently north to south on the eastside of the mound'. West of this wall, ie within the building, was a room with a tesselated pavement and north of it a hypocaust floor with pillars. About 1800 most of the stone remains of the building were removed for road building.
4) Not classified for MPP. Evidence suggests it was probably a bath house.
6) Visible as cropmarks in Fairey aerial photos. (examined during Cherwell District cropmark survey).

<1> Victoria County History of Oxford, Vol 1 (1939) pp.283-4 (Serial). SOX252.

<2> General reference, Jackson's Oxford Journal (1766) (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

<3> General reference, Dunkin: 'History of Bicester' (1816) p.105 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

<4> MPP Documents for Oxfordshire, S Lisk, 23.12.93 (Index). SOX259.

<5> NMR Monument - Long Listing Filed in Detailed Record File (Index). SOX391.

<6> Oxfordshire County Council, 1961, Fairey Aerial Surveys, 11.094-6 (Photograph). SOX264.

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