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hypocaust heating at the Roman villa under the cathedral
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"The earliest hypocaust heating systems at Pompei are found in both privates houses and baths, which suggests that the method did not change much over the centuries." Roman Building: materials and techniques by Jean Pierre Adam, pg. 547
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Hypocausts were found in some rooms of residential buildings and villas in Colonia Ulpia Traiana (Xanten).
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Wunu Mountain City Army Camps "The semi-pit houses are generally 4.5 meters long and 4 meters wide. Inside the rooms are the kang in the shape of folded ruler with one to three rows of smoke channels. At the end of the kang is a kitchen range. At the other end is a chimney." - Nomination File
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"At the west end of Callendar Park, the Wall takes a turn to the south-west to negotiate a burn. Beside the burn, now covered over, a hypocausted room, presumably part of a larger building, has been located and excavated." - Nomination File