Bearsden Roman Bath-house: the Hot Dry Room
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Bearsden Roman Bath-house: the Hot Dry Room
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 3 Jul 2015
After entering and passing through the changing room (Image), the bather entered the cold room (Image), which was the building's central hall. From there, the sudatorium ("the hot dry room") was on the left. The present picture was taken from the cold room (part of which is in the foreground), and shows, just ahead, the hot dry room. Note the fragmentary arch at its far end; the arched opening there admitted hot air from the furnace. [The Romans' own term for the room, sudatorium, denotes the "sweating-room" (from the Latin "sudor").]
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Image Location
Latitude
55.919943
Longitude
-4.328108