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Roman Bath House, Castleford is a substantial remain of bathing facilities dating to the Roman occupation of Britain, situated within the fortress settlement at Castleford in West Yorkshire. The structure represents evidence of the infrastructure and daily life maintained at this important military and civilian centre, which occupied a strategic position on the River Aire during the first and second centuries AD. The bath house itself demonstrates the Roman engineering and architectural traditions applied to provincial Britain, including hypocaust heating systems and associated caldarium, tepidarium, and frigidarium chambers typical of such establishments. The site has been substantially excavated and studied, contributing significantly to the archaeological understanding of Roman Castleford and the wider settlement patterns of Roman Yorkshire.
Roman Bath House, Castleford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1428421. View the official record →
Roman Bath House, Castleford is a substantial remain of bathing facilities dating to the Roman occupation of Britain, situated within the fortress settlement at Castleford in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1428421.
Roman Bath House, Castleford is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1428421.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fairburn Ings (Newton Abbey) moat (2.6 km), Manor Garth Hill ringwork (4.6 km), St John's Priory (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman Bath House, Castleford's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Roman Bath House, Castleford stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.