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Summary

Roman bath house, early 4th century excavated in 1930-1, preserved in part on view in the cellars of the Public House built over the site.

Monument Type(s)

• BATH HOUSE (C4, Roman - 300 AD to 332 AD)

Full description

[SE 6034 5192] Roman Bath House. [GS] (Site of). (1)

The remains of an early 4th cent. Bath house, excavated in 1930-1, are preserved in part and accessible in the cellars of the Mail Coach Inn. This building is one of the most important visible remains of the Fortress. (2)

Siting confirmed. (3)

Sources:

RCHME: Bath House under St Sampsons Square, Legionary Fortress, York
Publication proof. `After P. Corder' written at the bottom in the Inventory.
1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Default value used to record large numbers of archive items which are not separately catalogued. See Monument Recording Guidelines for details of use. OS 1:1250 1962.
2 The City of York. Volume 1: Eboracum: Roman York: Addendum
Kept with York: Volume I 1977 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 42-3
3 Field Investigators Comments F1 ECW 05-JUN-63

NMR Related Object

901412 RCHME: Bath House under St Sampsons Square, Legionary Fortress, York Publication proof. `After P. Corder' written at the bottom in the Inventory.

RCHME, 1962, Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume 1 Eboracum, p42-43 (Bibliographic reference). SYO62.

NMR, 2019, NMR data (Digital archive). SYO2214.

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