Vine St Leicester Roman Townhouse Structures Stone Buildings PlungePool Culvert Street Smithy
Group of 6 images, Vine St excavations, showing Roman townhouse structures and building remains, including a stone culvert, Roman street, stone plunge pool, and evidence for metalworking within the building:
VineSt_RomanCulvert_1.jpg
Image of Vine St site, excavation of Roman culvert. Looking west along the length of lined and capped culvert or drain. This culvert ran underneath the floor in Vine St Building 1M, Room 6. Probably 2nd half of 3rd century.
VineSt_RomanStreet.jpg
Image of Vine St site, excavated section through Roman street/road surfaces, shows the camber of the surfaces clearly.
VineStDrain_1.jpg
Image of Vine St site, excavation of Roman drain. Looking east along the culvert after removal of the stone cover. Probably 2nd half of 3rd century.
VineStDrain_2.jpg
Image of Vine St site, excavation of Roman drain. Looking west along the culvert after removal of the stone cover, clearly showing the stone slab base of this large structure. Probably 2nd half of 3rd century.
VineStPlunge_PoolBath.jpg
Image of Vine St site, excavation of Roman plunge pool, looking west. Building 1K, probably 2nd century. There were some indications this building had a vaulted roof. Moulded and painted opus signinum were also found with this structure.
VineStSmithWorking.jpg
Image of Vine St site, excavation showing smithy metalworking, looking south-east and seen in the Roman townhouse building 1M, Room 6. Disuse of the building as a townhouse. Concentrated burning, charcoal and hammerscale was found during the excavation here, with good indications of ironworking. Late 3rd or probably 4th century.
