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Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street

England

List entry 1422618

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1422618

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.04 hectares

Grid reference

TQ3273580239

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

11-15 Borough High Street is a site in Southwark, London, containing significant Romano-British archaeological remains including a bath house dating to the Roman period. The bath house represents an important example of Roman domestic infrastructure within the settlement at Southwark, which served as a significant port and commercial centre during the Roman occupation of Britain. Medieval remains also survive at the location, indicating continued occupation and development of the site during the post-Roman period. The surviving archaeological deposits preserve evidence of the successive phases of settlement and construction that characterise this strategically important Thames-side location.

Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1422618. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street?

11-15 Borough High Street is a site in Southwark, London, containing significant Romano-British archaeological remains including a bath house dating to the Roman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1422618.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street?

Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street 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 1422618.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Abbey buildings, Bermondsey (1.1 km), Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay House (2.1 km), The Jewel Tower (2.7 km).

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Abbey buildings, Bermondsey

1.1 km

Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay House

2.1 km

The Jewel Tower

2.7 km

The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey

2.8 km

Tudor naval storehouse at Convoys Wharf

4.9 km

Site of the launch ways of the SS Great Eastern

5.1 km

Greenwich Hospital (RN College)

6.2 km

Greenwich Palace

6.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street

Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street

LondonRoman town · ~0.5 miles St AlbansRoman town · ~20.6 miles Battle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~11.7 miles

Domesday entry for Southwark, Surrey →

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