Fordcroft Romano-British Bathhouse and Anglo-Saxon Cemetery

Join a guided tour 

style="">of the foundations of a Romano-British Bathhouse 

style="">led by the Orpington and District Archaeological Society (ODAS) . The bathhouse had three rooms, the caldarium (hot room), tepidarium (warm room) and the frigidarium (cold room). The building was made of flint and excavation has revealed that it was roofed with clay tiles. It would have had plaster walls inside. Part of the underfloor heating system – the hypocaust – can be seen. Wood was burned in the stokehole; the hot air passed under the floor, and up the walls through a cavity system of box flue tiles. E

style="">xhibition in nearby hall - talk to archaeologists, see Roman roof tile and Roman pottery from the site, bookstall, toilets. Tours every 20 minutes. Donations towards ODAS’ work will be welcome.