What did the temple look like?

Image: 'The owl' - a Roman cartoon character

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The only parts of the temple you can see today are three steps that led up to it. Some of the stones that made up the front have been found and fitted back together".

 

"The Romans used 'feet' and 'paces' to measure with. A Roman foot is 29.6 centimetres long."

 

Image: Computer graphic showing The Temple in Roman times

The Roman temple

Image: 'Belator' - a Roman cartoon character

Belator: "Next to the Spring is the temple of the goddess Sulis Minerva."

 

"The temple is built on a mound of earth we call a podium. It makes the temple higher than the other buildings near it. It’s over 50 feet high (you’d call it 14.5 metres)."

 

"You can get to the temple by running up the steps. The temple has four columns holding up the decorated front. In the centre of the front is a strange carved face."