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The Roman Baths and Sulis Minerva

Bath, Somerset

A sacred hot spring, and 130 curses scratched on lead.

Britain's only hot springs pour out of the ground at Bath at about 46°C. The Celts worshipped the goddess Sulis here, and the Romans built a temple to Sulis Minerva and a great bathing complex.

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When
From AD 60s
Where
51.3811, -2.3597
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

The Roman Baths are open daily. You can try the spa water in the Pump Room.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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