Cut-away reconstruction illustration showing the interior of the warm room, and hot room beyond, in the bath house at Wall Roman Site. In this view, the rooms are being used exclusively by women and children.

Date:
circa 1990 - circa 1994
Location:
Wall Roman Site, Bath House, Wall, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Reference:
IC106/006
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

An area of flooring has also been 'cut-away' in the foreground in order to show the underfloor heating system, or hypocaust. Wall Roman Site was known as Letocetum during the Roman period, and provided accommodation for Imperial officials travelling along Watling Street, the Roman military road that ran from east Kent to North Wales. Formerly a military facility, civilian facilities were added in the mid-first century AD and the first bath house facilities were constructed around 100AD and enlarged during the following two centuries. This illustration was reproduced in colour on page 8 of the 1999 English Heritage guidebook for Wall Roman Site.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC106 Wall Roman Site, Staffordshire; 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: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Hypocaust, Roman Bath House