Discovering Wroxeter Roman City by Michael https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse Reflections on a Day of Roman Remains under and English sky en-us 2017-03-29 14:16:54 UTC 2025-09-29 05:20:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Not far from Shrewsbury, Wroxeter is the best-preserved Roman City in Britain mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163441122 2017-03-29 14:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163441122 Telling us about the baths mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163449096 and the heating arrangements. This required young children to clean the flues of hypocausts - a task that was quite precarious.]]> 2017-03-29 15:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163449096 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163549857 2017-03-29 20:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163549857 Replica Roman Villa mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163550106 This was commissioned for an archaeological programme by Channel 4, built on a comfortable mound to cover the remnants of Wroxeter's Forum.]]> 2017-03-29 20:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163550106 St Andrew's Parish Church mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163551130 Some lovely stained windows.]]> 2017-03-29 20:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163551130 Roman Sitting Room mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163551480 in the Channel 4 Villa]]> 2017-03-29 20:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163551480 St Andrew's Wroxeter mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163551766 Ancient part of the now redundant parish church. The tower and more distant parts are of later construction.]]> 2017-03-29 20:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163551766 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552025 2017-03-29 20:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552025 Basilica Column mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552178 Section appropriated by the later Christian community and used in the parish church as a baptismal font. ]]> 2017-03-29 20:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552178 View from the road mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552420 the site is fenced off from the road that leads to modern Wroxeter]]> 2017-03-29 20:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552420 Dressing as Romans mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552585 Volunteers demonstrating the male and female garb of 'well-heeled' Roman Wroxeterians.]]> 2017-03-29 20:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552585 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552763 2017-03-29 20:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552763 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552971 2017-03-29 20:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163552971 Veranda of the Villa mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163553154 2017-03-29 20:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163553154 Paraetonium genialiaque exercitum mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163553636 Our genial host for a day of discovery.]]> 2017-03-29 20:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163553636 Veranda mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163553804 of the replica Roman Villa. The staff would sleep here.]]> 2017-03-29 20:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163553804 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163554285 2017-03-29 21:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163554285 Villa Central Heating mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163554520 example of an hypocaust heating unit - the same principle as used to heat the public baths - exemplified in the reconstructed Villa to show how a private house was heated.]]> 2017-03-29 21:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163554520 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555294 2017-03-29 21:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555294 Villa Construction mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555524 Example of how the wooden structure would have been lathed and plastered]]> 2017-03-29 21:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555524 Deer mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555639 detail of hypothetical 'Roman' curtain in the reconstructed 'Villa'.]]> 2017-03-29 21:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555639 Squirrel mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555777 detail of hypothetical 'Roman' curtain in the reconstructed 'Villa'.]]> 2017-03-29 21:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555777 Fox mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555962 detail of hypothetical 'Roman' curtain in the reconstructed 'Villa'.]]> 2017-03-29 21:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163555962 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556096 2017-03-29 21:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556096 Entrance edge of the Wroxeter Forum mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556327 Now surmounted by a replica high status Villa.]]> 2017-03-29 21:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556327 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556715 2017-03-29 21:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556715 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556913 2017-03-29 21:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163556913 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557142 2017-03-29 21:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557142 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557373 2017-03-29 21:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557373 Describing the Hypocaust mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557537 the underground heating system for the Caldarium - the hot bath]]> 2017-03-29 21:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557537 Fridgidarium (Cold Bath) mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557720 2017-03-29 21:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557720 Interpreting mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557883 the site's archaeology with coloured gravel]]> 2017-03-29 21:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163557883 mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163558277 2017-03-29 21:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163558277 Site of the Basilica mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163558427 English Heritage have interpreted the delineation of the basilica using alternate coloured gravel.]]> 2017-03-29 21:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163558427 The 'Old Work' mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163559118 as it has long been known by the locals. Outstanding section of the basilica wall - largest piece extant in Britain.]]> 2017-03-29 21:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163559118 MA Heritage students experienced an undiluted dose of school for 8-year old's in the format of a 'Full Discovery Day'. We arrived at 10 in the morning to 'use our hands' grinding barley; devising herringbone tiled floors and mosaics. We went to class in the museum, sat cross-legged on the floor and heard about the City and Roman society. mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163816146 2017-03-30 19:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163816146 After learning about Roman methods of leather tanning with urine; class structures the population of 5000 and the threat from Celts at the City's perimeter. We went outside in the biting wind to explore the Basilica where the whole population would gather to work-out and sort out their health and social security problems. mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163817976 2017-03-30 19:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163817976 Bedroom of a 'Patrician' mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163819761 in the replica Villa. Roman's did not have windows in the bedroom - it was for sleeping. 
 ]]> 2017-03-30 19:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163819761 Impressive Interpretation mjh642 https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163821699 When you've overcome the initial humiliation of being treated as an 8-year old, the wonderful thing is that interpretation for children works just as well for adults! 
The physical engagement and careful language also make it easier to understand and remember.]]> 2017-03-30 20:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mjh642/31flch9vpcse/wish/163821699