Keyword: medieval town development

Archaeology in Bath: Excavations at the New Royal Baths (The Spa), and Bellott's Hospital 1998-1999

Peter Davenport et al.

Excavations near Bath’s Hot Bath spring revealed Mesolithic activity, an Iron Age votive coin, and major Roman redevelopment creating a religious–leisure complex with rich offerings. Later levels were heavily truncated, but Roman buildings, a blacksmith’s workshop, and medieval pits survived, tracing occupation into the Georgian spa era. READ MORE

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