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York 1The interior of the multangular tower with the holes visible in the wall for the false floor and late Roman stone sarcophagi in the base.mauseus
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York 1The multangular tower. The front left corner of the York fortress probably rebuilt by Constantine I in the early third century AD. The later Mediaeval brickwork in larger stone is clearly evident to the top of the tower.mauseus
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York 1The interior of the multangular tower.mauseus
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York 2One of a series of late Roman sarcophagi on display.mauseus
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York 3The small stonework and upper brick layer of an external tower on the front of the Roman fort at York dating from the fourth century AD.mauseus
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York 4Behind the "Anglian Tower" is a representation of how the levels in York built up from Roman, through Saxon and Norman to Mediaeval times,mauseus
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York 4The wall in the foreground is Roman, the ones in the background Mediaeval (viewed from an internal Roman interval tower. The small tower visible in the background is known as the "Anglian Tower". Breaching the Roman wall this is one of the few dark ages stone buildings from Britain..mauseus
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York 5The corner tower and wall of the Roman fort. The curving stone wall behind the squared one is modern. In the curved fort wall in front of the tower (not visible in the photo) is an inscribed brick to the tenth cohort, presumably of the sixth legion whose base it was. mauseus
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York 6An internal interval tower.mauseus
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York 7A modern life sized statue to Constantine I situated outside York Minster. This was the location of the headqaurters building where he was proclaimed emperor in 306AD.mauseus
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York 8A re-erected column from the headquarters building that is situated under York Minster. As a point of note when the column was put up in its current location it was erected upside down!mauseus
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York 9The remains of a side room with painted wall plaster from the Roman headquarters building, visible in the "undercroft" of York Minster. The bust displayed in the front of the photo is thought to be that of Constantine I.mauseus
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York 10The pub that houses the Roman military bath house. The remains of the caldarium and some tiles are visible in the cellar.mauseus
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York 10The remains of the caldarium in the Roman military bath house.mauseus
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York 10Roman roof tiles in the name of the "lost" 9th Hispana legion, stationed at York, found and displayed in the Roman Bath pub museum. The tile on the bottom right shows evidence of a soldier's hob nail boot impression made as the tile was drying.mauseus
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York 10The remains of the caldarium in the Roman military bath house.mauseus
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York plan 1A plan of the city of York with Roman features overlaid. The numbers refer to the photo locations. The solid black line shows the extent of the Roman fort.mauseus
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York plan 2A plan of the Roman fort of Eboracum overlaid on a street plan of York. The numbers refer to a couple of the photo locations for orientation.mauseus
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York plan 3An impresion of the Roman fort of Eboracum from the third century AD. The numbers refer to a couple of the photo locations for orientation.
It should be noted that the location of the amphitheatre is purely conjectural and there is no physical evidence for the location in the reconstruction.mauseus
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