Excavation photograph. Hypocaust pillars beneath room 15 of Praetorium. Duplicate print (C 30084) from A O Curle album (MS/28/461) is titled 'Western Hypocaust from SE'.
SC 349281
Description Excavation photograph. Hypocaust pillars beneath room 15 of Praetorium. Duplicate print (C 30084) from A O Curle album (MS/28/461) is titled 'Western Hypocaust from SE'.
Date c. 1928
Catalogue Number SC 349281
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ST 1852
Scope and Content Fort at Mumrills, Falkirk This Roman fort is at Mumrills. Built on a high plateau, it had several phases of occupation. It may have been destroyed and rebuilt twice before it was finally abandoned. There is an annexe to the W and the Antonine Wall to the N. This view was taken during the excavation of the site in the 1920s. It shows the remains of the hypocaust system under one of the rooms in the praetorium or commandant's house. The pillars supported the floor and allowed warm air to circulate underneath. The site was excavated in 1923-8 by Macdonald, and again in 1958-60 with an emergency excavation conducted by the RCAHMS. The fort may have been occupied by a cavalry regiment, the Ala I Tungrorum, and the infantry regiment, the Cohors II Thracum. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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