Reconstruction illustration showing the interior of the communal latrine block at Housesteads Roman Fort, on Hadrian's Wall. Stream water was channelled through the building to provide water for the soldiers to wash themselves with small sponges.

Date:
circa 1985 - circa 2000
Location:
Housesteads Roman Fort, Latrine, Bardon Mill, Housesteads Crags, Northumberland
Reference:
IC048/104
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Content

This is part of the Volume: IC048 Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site, Cumbria/ Northumberland/ Tyne And Wear; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Gardiner, Frank Joseph Henry

Keywords

Roman Toilet, Roman Privy House