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I keep seeing people call that new Roman site in York a 'fort' and it's not right

The dig by the river found a stone building with hypocaust tiles and painted plaster, not a single defensive wall. I worked on a site near there in 2022 and the layout matches a large villa or a governor's residence, not a military post. Calling it a fort just because it's Roman and in Britain is lazy. Has anyone else looked at the floor plan and seen the bathhouse section?
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fiona_west21
fiona_west215h agoMost Upvoted
That floor plan is clearly a villa, not a fort.
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