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Milecastle 43 FortTile with Inscription (Latin) Cohors II AsturumDetail of tile with Inscription (Latin) Cohors II AsturumaesicaaesicaaesicaKastellareal Aesica (Great Chesters)Aesica AqueductChesters Pike Temporary CampChesters Pike Temporary CampMarkham CottageTurret 43A (Cockmount Hill)Burnhead Temporary CampSunny Rigg Temporary CampsHaltwhistle Burn Temporary CampsCawfields Temporary Campborne réutiliséeAltar of the 4th Cohort, century of Claudius CleonicusBuilding stone of a work by XX Valeria VictrixMilecastle 42, Cawfields, Hadrian's WallMilecastle 44 (Allolee)Milestone HouseTurret 44A (Allolee West)Fell End Temporary CampTurret 44bRoman Wall at Walltown cragsRoman Wall at Walltown cragsRoman Wall at Walltown cragsRoman Wall at Walltown cragsRoman Wall at Walltown crags

Location:

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Haltwhistle
  • geo:54.993534,-2.463541
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 120 / unknown

Class:

  • Baths
  • invisible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=12672

Annotations

Bathhouse of Great Chesters fort. It was exposed by excavations in 1897 and 1908. A 3rd century coin hoard and an altar to the goddess were also found. Before the site was backfilled to prevent further erosion it was surveyed by RCHME. The stone pilae of the hypocaust and various foundations were recorded1.

The bathhouse was supplied with water via an aqueduct from the headwaters of Caw Burn just over two miles distant from the fort. The aqueduct is in the form of a shallow channel, which winds a tortuous path for over six miles following the contours of the land. The remains of a glazed window about 5 feet high by 4 feet wide were found in one of the apses of the bath-house caldarium, evidenced by broken glass en situ and more found on the floor within the building. The sill started about one foot from the interior floor-level, and was 4 feet wide on the inside, narrowing to 3 feet at the outer wall, where the window was placed2.

References

  1. Pastscape: Monument 1127793
  2. RBO: Aesica

Das Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts entdeckte Badehaus (thermae) stand etwa 92 Meter südöstlich des Kastells, östlich der Verbindungsstraße zum Stanegate. Es handelte sich um ein Gebäude des Reihentypus und verfügte über alle dafür relevanten Funktionsräume:

Umkleide- und Fitnessraum (apodyterium bzw. gymnasium, Raum B),

Latrine (lavatrina, Raum E),

Kaltbad (frigidarium, Raum C und D),

Schwitzraum (laconicum, Raum A),

Heißbad (caldarium)

Laubad (tepidarium, Raum G und H).

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesica


Relevant museums

Housesteads Museum

Housesteads Roman Fort Museum

Birdoswald Roman fort and study center

Petit musée du site du fort de Banna

Chesters Roman Fort Museum

Chesters Roman Fort Museum

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Great North Museum: Hancock

Great North Museum: Hancock


Nearby

Aesica Vicus

Aesica Vicus

Milecastle 43

A milecastle situated on Hadrian's Wall.

Aesica

Aesica, Great Chesters fort.


This object was added by Randal Gilbert on 2013-01-22. Last update by Sascha Rennhofer on 2020-01-10. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/12672 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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