Binchester (Vinovia) was founded around 80 AD and for a time one of the largest Roman military installations in the whole of Northern Britain. About 7 hectares in size it was large enough to have accommodated a battle-group formed of several cohorts of legionary infantry and one or more units of auxiliary cavalry. Even when it was [...]
Archive for the tag 'Roman Baths'
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Binchester Roman Fort
7 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2022
Filed under Heritage
PhotoHunt – Broken
This Roman bath house is very broken.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
20 Comments CherryPie on Oct 28th 2011
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
PhotoHunt – Public
At one time Wroxeter was the fourth largest town in Roman Britain with an estimated population of 5000 at it’s height.
In the mid-19th century excavations at the site revealed the public baths. The baths were constructed between AD 120 and 150 to a standard plan that was used throughout the western part of the Roman [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2011
