Beyond the Baths

Curse Tablets ‘Curse tablets’ are inscribed pieces of lead, usually in the form of small, thin sheets, intended to influence by supernat...

One of the most interesting aspects of my job recently has been my involvement in the Roman Baths Museum's Development Plan. 4th Cen...

One of the best things about my role is that it is diverse and varied. I often come up against challenges and boy have I just met the newe...

The Channel Four program Time Team has done wonders to raise the profile of archaeology in Britain. Thanks to Time Team many people now know...

33 carved gemstones (intaglios) were found on site in 1878. Discovered as a group, they were found in the Great Drain, just after the outflo...

This is the part of the day when I most enjoy my job as events manager. I am standing beside the Great Bath, in the early morning stillness,...

One of the most interesting aspects of my job recently has been my involvement in the Roman Baths Museum's Development Plan. In 2008, I...

Every time Jeremy Clarkson says “how hard can it be?” on Top Gear you can predict the chaos about to unfold, so I guess I shouldn’t have bee...

Back in November 2010 we were introduced to the very first Illuminate Bath Arts Festival. Parts of Bath (including the Roman Baths and Pum...

Tucked away in a corner at the entrance to the old Cadbury (formerly Fry’s) factory in Keynsham is a strange little thing. At first glance i...

When you’re in a building complex as old as the Roman Baths, strange things are bound to happen. One day, some time back in the 1980s Juli...

The water that fills the Great Bath is around 10,000 years old. It fell as rain water on the Mendip Hills, 15 miles to the south of Bath, wh...

The number one question I get asked as I am walking around the site is, “what is the liquid you are spraying over the stones?” Humidific...

I’ve only ever visited Bath Abbey and its vaults on two occasions. The first time I was in absolute awe at both above and below ground; but ...

Here at the Roman Baths visitors and staff have been enjoying a hot stuffed date beside the Great Bath to celebrate New Years Day on January...

For hundreds of years the steaming waters of the Great Bath were enjoyed by human bathers. Now the warm water is home to several species of ...

Anyone remember that episode of the Simpsons where Lisa and Marge travel to the beach hoping to wash animals but end up cleaning rocks? That...

Well, our time here at the Roman Baths and Pump Room is drawing to an end and this will be the last blog I write for you. Although, by the t...

During a quiet moment at St. John’s Store (The Roman Baths’ local history store on Locksbrook Road) I was flipping through the Bathers Repor...

This small fragment is one which was discovered in the yard of No. 4 the Circus, in Bath. It’s pretty exciting, because with a little archae...