{"id":1523,"date":"2020-07-14T11:14:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T10:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/?page_id=1523"},"modified":"2020-07-16T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T11:08:57","slug":"the-bathhouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/the-bathhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bathhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First dug by Edwardian archaeologists in 1903-04, the bath house is located near a natural spring in the southeast of the town and is thought to be one of the earliest post-conquest masonry buildings in Calleva. Built askew to the later city street grid, the baths lie at the edge of the town\u2019s early inner earthwork \u2013 using the spring as a source of water and the large defensive ditch for drainage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-483\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-483 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Blog\/Location-plan-reduced-e1528706345625.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"715\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Location of the baths<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here Mike gives an introduction to the baths in the first week of the maiden 2018 season<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silchester Bath House Excavations 2018. Week 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dgurL8bQ3jU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1555\" style=\"width: 744px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1555 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/PID6424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/PID6424.jpg 744w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/PID6424-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nero depicted on an as coin from Insula IX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bathhouse excavations are part of the Nero at Silchester project. You can find out more about our search for the notorious emperor&#8217;s influence at Calleva <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/projects\/nero-at-silchester\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The excavation<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">Trench 1 from 2018 aimed to uncover much of the northern end of the building \u2013 the peristyle, associated colonnade and latrine \u2013 to see how it developed over time with the installation of the street.To the south, trenches 2 and 3 looked to reveal the relationship of the bath&#8217;s eastern wall to the ditch and nearby brook with this area providing one of the few unexcavated spaces within the Roman town. Trench 3 also focussed on one of the rooms on the eastern side of the building; a late tepidarium heated by an underfloor hypocaust system. Trench 4, opened in 2019, focussed on the western side of the building, eventually connecting with Trench 3 to provide a whole suite of rooms across the width of the building.\u00a0 The Edwardian excavation of the bathhouse also yielded one of Silchester\u2019s first <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/2017\/08\/29\/nero-stamped-at-little-london\/\">Nero tiles<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">, essential dating evidence that we hope to discover more of<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1553\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1553 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/108777811_946807825746497_2425980005938894870_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/108777811_946807825746497_2425980005938894870_n.jpg 678w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/108777811_946807825746497_2425980005938894870_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/108777811_946807825746497_2425980005938894870_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2018 and 2019 trenches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>For a summary of our findings from the last two years its best to peruse our <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/interim\/\">interim reports<\/a> for 2018 and 2019 which describe what we found and what we have learned about the baths<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1550\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1550 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/07\/Nero-Flavian-development-scaled-e1594818586855.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1680\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phasing the baths. The Neronian phase (red) is quickly replaced by the Flavian rebuild (blue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can follow this series of videos to see the progress made at the end of weeks 1 and 3 at the baths in 2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baths 2019 Week 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gE-2RqQ5Fx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And these videos show each supervisor summing up their trench at the end of the season (follow on for Trenches 2 and 3)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baths 2019  - Trench 4 Summary\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKqO7-Rns14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here Dan takes us through the work carried out on the Iron Age defensive ditch, from planning to excavation and then to the analysis in post-ex<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Silchester Defensive Ditch - From Desk to Ditch to Lab\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Njao0RkWWHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Find out more&#8230;..<\/h3>\n<p>Amazing drone footage form above the trench<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silchester Bath House Excavation 2019. Week 5 drone footage 1 with cows\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jcB4RDKS-Tk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mike gives a public lecture about 500 years of urban life at Silchester<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike Fulford Public Lecture\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hv58UenS1MQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/blog\/\">blog<\/a> for more information about the trenches and what to expect in a Roman bath<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s everyone in the trenches hard at work<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SILCHESTER Excavations 2019\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/404626215?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First dug by Edwardian archaeologists in 1903-04, the bath house is located near a natural spring in the southeast of the town and is thought to be one of the&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#115;&#105;&#108;&#99;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#114;&#47;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#45;&#98;&#97;&#116;&#104;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#115;&#101;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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