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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
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ern wing of this western establishment, theposition of the Roman work discovered at that time was unfortunatelynot recorded in any way. In circa 1174 the Hospital of St. John wasfounded, there is little doubt, on the ruins of the western wing. Thosebuildings have frequently been altered, so there is no proof of thisassertion except a slight confirmation within the last twenty years, whena tesselated pavement was found on the erection of a wing of the UnitedHospital. During the last eighteen months, on the north of the great rectangularbaths, excavations have been made which have thrown open much that is 40 Transactions for the Year igoo. valuable, but space is not sufficient to do more than barely note them.Beneath the Great Pilrnp Room in the last ten years of the eighteenthcentury most valuable sculptures were found, which were deposited in theLiterary Institution. Subsequent excavations on the same site, but to adeeper level, have revealed still more sculptured statuary; but as the
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excavations depend on local subscriptions, which are hesitating and tardy,,it is probable that little further will be found. Excavations have beenmade near the Roman conduit, and at a depth of 27 ft. below the presentlevel a flight of steps was found, evidently used by drinkers in order thatwater might be drunk from the spring as it issued pure. From this The Roman Baths. 41 dipping place is continued an oaken trough, a foot wide and 8 in. deep,that originally was covered, and cased in the interior with lead. This hasbeen cleared (June 14th, 1895) a distance of 330 ft., and might, if continued,be traced to its outfall. This drain (in which coins of Titus, Domitian,Vespasian, Constantine, Severus, have been found, together with thirtyengraved gems, gold and bronze jewellery) could be again utilised afterlying idle more than 1,300 years. On the re-building of the city in the eighth century, under its newname (Bathancastra), the baths must have been in ruins, or the SaxonStreet that took

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