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Title: BOTHWELLHAUGH ROMAN BATHHOUSE

Reference number: 13718

Date: 1978

Production company: University of Lancaster Media Services Unit

Sound: sound

Original format: unknown

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.16 mins

Description: An educational documentary about the discovery and excavation of the Roman bathhouse at Bothwellhaugh in Lanarkshire.

In 1975 - 1976 Professor Keppie directed an archaeological excavation at Bothwellhaugh, Lanarkshire, on the site of a Roman bath-house of the 2nd century AD. The site was subsequently consolidated for permanent public viewing, and lies within Strathclyde Country Park. The work was recorded, and made into a 15 minute film produced by the University of Lancaster. Only four video copies of the film ever existed and all seemed long lost, until Prof. Keppie unearthed the copy which was given to his parent institution, the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow.

See also Ref 13717

Credits: graphics Josephine Woods
comm. w. John MacKenzie
p. Kevin Smith
grateful thanks to Lawrence Keppie, Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Strathclyde Country Park, Strathclyde Regional Council

Shotlist: Detailed footage of the excavation of the Roman bathhouse at Bothwellhaugh, at the site of Strathclyde Country Park, during two summer seasons in 1975 and 1976; includes shots of excavation work in progress and close-up shots of some of the main archaeological finds.