Billingsgate Roman House and Baths

Billingsgate Roman House and Baths is an archaeological site in Londinium [1]. The best preserved parts of the house are a bath with hypocausts [1]. The ruins of the tepidarium were discovered in 1848 while the Coal Exchange was built on the site [1]. Pottery has shown that the Roman house was erected in the late 2nd century and had at this time a north and an east wing around a courtyard [1]. In the 3rd century a bath was added into the open courtyard in the middle of the complex [1]. The whole complex was in use till the beginning of the 5th century [1]. Several hundred coins of the late 4th century were found at the excavations [1]. An Anglo-Saxon brooch was found within fallen material from the roof [1].