Walbottle, possible Roman bath house

HER Number

5290

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walbottle, possible Roman bath house

Place

Walbottle

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Bath House

Site Type: Specific

Bath House

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

According to local tradition a Roman bath house was found in the garden of Walbottle House in the 1930s and reburied without record.

Easting

417070

Northing

566390

Grid Reference

NZ417070566390

Sources

<< HER 5290 >> Pers. Comm. M. Roberts, English Heritage, 2002, letter to Newcastle City Council