Jewry Wall, St Nicholas Street, Leicester
These are the above ground and buried remains of a Roman bath house and palaestra (exercise hall) built in c AD 154-60. They are in the northern half of Insula XXI of the Roman town, Ratae Coritanorum. In the post-Roman period the buildings were partially demolished and an Anglo-Saxon church was built on the site of the palaestra. In 1920 this fragment, known as the Jewry Wall, was taken into state care and in 1936 the site of the bath house was cleared of modern buildings. Archaeological excavations between 1936-9 uncovered the remains of the bath house. The excavated remains lie on the east side of the Jewry Wall museum and take the form of a series of stone foundations, partially restored and consolidated for public presentation. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010). Find out more.
