OLDEST house in Bath Spa.
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N 51° 22.843 W 002° 21.497
30U E 544659 N 5692358
Sally Lunn, the original Bath Bun & the Oldest houses in Bath
Waymark Code: WMPRY0
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/15/2015
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The story of Sally Lunn’s House starts long before the arrival of Sally Lunn in 1680. Excavations in the cellar’s of this timber framed building, firstly in the 1930s and more recently in 1985 have produced many finds dating back through Bath’s history to Roman times.The excavations on display in the north cellar reveal, at the deepest level, the Roman occupation. Here many box flue and other tiles have been found from a hypocaust (underfloor central heating system) together with tesserae from floor mosaics, painted plaster from the walls, roof tiles and pieces of high quality Samian pottery.A particularly exciting discovery was the painted rim of a mortarium (mortar) designed for teasing the flavour from aromatic plants.Without doubt there was a Roman building on this site in which food was prepared and eaten. Located so conveniently close to the Roman baths it could have been a Roman inn for travelers.This would take our tradition of hospitality and refreshment back nearly 1800 years, to the period when the hot springs and the temple of the goddess Sulis Minerva attracted visitors from all over north-west Europe.-Sourse Sally Lunn’s homepge
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Location of coordinates: house
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