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The Roman Baths at Bath: The Excavations 1969-75

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Barry Cunliffe
Barry Cunliffe
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, 35 Beaumont Street, Oxford.
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Abstract

Excavation carried out between 1969 and 1970 before and during rebuilding work exposed most of the west end of the Roman bathing establishment. A new structural history (replacing Cunliffe 1969) was worked out involving five major periods with subsequent minor changes. The structural alterations are fully described and illustrated, together with details of trial trenches cut during building work. Pottery and finds, including bottle-shaped ceramic elements possibly used to construct vaults, are described. Limited work on the temple precinct will enable the plan to be extended and corrected.

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Britannia , Volume 7 , November 1976 , pp. 1 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Barry Cunliffe 1976. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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References

1 Cunliffe, B. W., Roman Bath Discovered (London 1971), 39–41Google Scholar.

2 This suggestion was originally made by Dr. D. Baatz in a review of Roman Bath published in Britannia ii (1971), 305–7.

3 Archaeologia lxxv (1926), pl. I.

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8 Cunliffe, B. W., Excavations at Fishbourne 1961–69 (London, 1971)Google Scholar, ii; The Finds, 47.

9 ‘Römische Wasserleitungen in den Rheinlanden’, B.R.G.K. xxvi (1936), 148 and Abb. 66.