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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1566 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cold bath in room 7 of the Roman military bath house, Dover |
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Summary
During excavations undertaken in Dover town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, a Roman military bath house was excavated and recorded. In the third period of the bath houses development a large cold bath was inserted into room 7, cutting through the tiled floor and underlying hypocaust. It measured 2.95m (E-W) by 2.16m (N-S) and was a maximum depth of 95cm deep. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31864 41442 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATHS (Cold bath, Roman - 270 AD? to 390 AD?)
Full description
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Summarised from publication)
During excavations undertaken in Dover town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, a Roman military bath house was excavated and recorded. In the third period of the bath houses development a large cold bath was inserted into room 7, cutting through the tiled floor and underlying hypocaust. It measured 2.95m (E-W) by 2.16m (N-S) and was a maximum depth of 95cm deep. The floor was capped with tile and walls rendered with opus signinum. This bath was subsequently infilled during the fourth phase of development in this room, which changes its use to some kind of domestic function. (1)
<1> Brian Philp, The Discovery and Excavation of the Roman Shore Fort at Dover, Kent (Monograph). SKE32061.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Brian Philp. The Discovery and Excavation of the Roman Shore Fort at Dover, Kent. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 1564 | Part of: Room seven (Tepid room) of the Roman military bath house, Dover (Monument) |
