CThe complex of buildings include a circular room and a bath house | Map Archaeological Practice
Posted on 04/18/2021 11:33:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A Roman villa unearthed on a building site has been described as potentially "the first of its kind" ever found.
The remains of the large "stately home" and bath house were found on a site in Scarborough, in North Yorkshire.
Historic England said the type of layout has "never been seen in Britain" and may be the first example "within the whole former Roman Empire"...
The remains were discovered on the site of a new housing development being built in the Eastfield area of Scarborough.
The excavations revealed a large complex of buildings, including a circular central room with a number of rooms leading off it and a bath house.
Mr Emerick said it was not clear what the building was used for but described it as a Roman version of a stately home, possibly owned by somebody of wealth and status...
He said the villa may have later been adapted for religious purposes: "One of the descriptions we had was that it is something like a religious building that is almost like a gentleman's club, there's a bath house as well. So it's a really interesting hybrid building at the moment."
In order to protect the discovery housing developer, Keepmoat, has altered its plans so the remains will be conserved beneath a public open space rather than built on as originally intended.
Mr Emerick said the site will be designated as a national scheduled monument and he hoped in the future it may be made accessible to the public.
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CThe complex of buildings include a circular room and a bath house | Map Archaeological Practice
"Hipsters, flipsters, and finger-poppin' daddies, knock me your lobes." -- Lord Buckley
Who told the Romans there was an Island 680 miles off the coast of Gaul? And why did they sail so far north? Too damn cold to build a Roman home up there.
Gallic pranksters, ya gotta love 'em.
A gentleman’s club and a bathhouse, eh? Sure it wasn’t Greek?
It suggests that Roman prosperity had reached the butthole of the Empire. :^) That was probably the sign over the door of this place.
Probably the last time SOME people in England took a bath. /sarc
Wonder if they found a dead intern under the rubble.
Why did the Romans live underground?
For some reason they found parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Seems fair.
To hear the Brits tell it, they’ve never been conquered. What? First the Romans, then the Viks, then the Celts, then the...
Buncha mongrels...
‘Face
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Maybe a very large Mithraium
They just can't help themselves, can they?...............
So have they found the elevated stage and pole?
"Dreadful tinny sort of word."
That's why the Roman bath at Aquae Sulis is so well preserved. :^)
The Roman Baths - Getting Steamy In Aquae Sulis, Bath, England | Fly Drive Explore
Was in Scarborough in summer 93. Some of the guys were still rolling their cigarette packs in their t-shirt sleeves. The only place I heard an American voice was at Anne Bronte’s grave. Didn’t hear a single American in Blackpool.
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