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Hypocaust Museum

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The Hypocaust Museum is a museum at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Situated in Verlamium Park, the museum provides in situ conservation and interpretation of a hypocaust within the walled city of Verulamium.

The system heated residential accommodation built around 200 CE.[1] Unlike the hypocaust at Welwyn, it appears not to be linked to baths.

Mosaic floor with hypocaust below

The hypocaust was excavated in the 1930s as part of large-scale excavations conducted by Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Tessa Wheeler on land recently acquired by the Corporation of St Albans. The original museum building was replaced around 2005.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Roman hypocaust vandalised". June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Topping Out Ceremony, Hypocaust, Verulamium Park".