Monument record M4067 - Sookholme Baths, Warsop
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SK 54090 66549 (point) |
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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 Rooke H, pre 1789, Notes (some appearing later in Archaeologia) (Unpublished document).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)
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM