Thesaurus Term/Concept: HYPOCAUST

Identifier 68967
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A Roman under-floor heating system in which hot air heated by a stoked furnace, flowed through channels, created by either raising the floor on pillars of brick and tile or cutting channels into the concrete floor and tiling over them.

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Context Record
Monument Type MLI80711 Roman finds, 29 Steep Hill, Lincoln (Monument)
Monument Type MLI70142 ROMAN TOWN WALL WITH GATE IN SALTERGATE (Monument)
Monument Type MLI33936 Roman villa with bath house, adjacent to the River Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MLI60730 Roman Villa, Haceby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI50991 Romano-British Villa, New Ten Acre Covert, Sudbrooke (Monument)