2008

SJ5608 : Detail of Roman Hypocaust

taken 16 years ago, near to Wroxeter, Shropshire, England

Detail of Roman Hypocaust
Detail of Roman Hypocaust
This is all that remains of the Hypocaust, a way of heating public baths and private houses. The floor was raised off the ground by pillars, called pilae stacks, and spaces were left inside the walls so that the hot air and smoke from the furnace (praefurnium) would pass through these enclosed areas and out of flues in the roof, thereby heating but not polluting the interior of the room or bath.

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SJ5608, 224 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Dave Croker   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 30 March, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 30 March, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 565 085 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:40.3957N 2:38.6590W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 566 086
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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