Monument record M4067 - Sookholme Baths, Warsop

Summary

BATHS? (Post Medieval)

Location

Grid reference SK 54090 66549 (point)
Map sheet SK56NW
District Mansfield
Locality Sookholme
Civil Parish Warsop, Mansfield

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

No 1 is a Roman Bath, 11ft 7in by 9ft 6in. No 2 the Dressing Room 15ft 9in by 3ft 9in. Width of the wall near to the steps 3ft 4in: the outward wall of the dressing room 1ft 9in, the other walls 2ft 7in. A very strong spring arises in the Bath and is called the Bath brook. It runs about a mile & half to Warsop where it joins the river. (1)
A very copious spring (natural) - "Sookholme Bath". A brick pumping house alongside. Where the stream runs along a roadside a few yards lower down, the bank has been concreted. This is known locally as "Sookholme Docks" (30/12/1968). (2)
See M3996 for Roman tile kiln.


Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

Notes (1), Parish file

<1> Rooke H, pre 1789, Notes (some appearing later in Archaeologia) (Unpublished document). SNT1861.

<2> CBA, Industrial Survey (Published document). SNT184.

Other Refs: IA3 85/10

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Document: Data Held.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Rooke H. pre 1789. Notes (some appearing later in Archaeologia).
  • <2> Published document: CBA. Industrial Survey.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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