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title: Latrine at Housesteads Roman Fort
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16392/latrine-at-housesteads-roman-fort/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2022-09-21
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# Latrine at Housesteads Roman Fort

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Latrine at Housesteads Roman Fort](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16392.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16392.jpg)

## Image Caption

The communal toilets at the Housesteads [Roman fort](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Fort/) (Vercovicium) are the finest preserved latrine from [Roman Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Britain/). The latrine was located at the lowest point of the fort and was fed by water from the adjacent cistern down. Wooden seating would have been placed over the main sewer channel.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2022, September 21). Latrine at Housesteads Roman Fort. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16392/latrine-at-housesteads-roman-fort/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Latrine at Housesteads Roman Fort." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 21, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16392/latrine-at-housesteads-roman-fort/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Latrine at Housesteads Roman Fort." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Sep 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16392/latrine-at-housesteads-roman-fort/>.

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