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HER Number: | 1585 |
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Record Type: | Monument |
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Name: | Bath House at Alchester |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 1006365: Alchester Roman site
Grid Reference: | SP 569 203 |
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Parish: | WENDLEBURY, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
Site marked by a mound of earth known as the 'Castle Mound'.
Associated Monuments
NoneAssociated Finds:
NoneDescription
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.
Sources
<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. print. 11.094-6. [Photograph / SOX264] |
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