Sacred Spring

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Sacred Spring is the natural hot water source at the heart of the Roman Baths in Bath, England, long revered as a place of ritual and healing.

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Sacred Spring canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
hot spring
sacred site
associatedWith Celtic-Roman religious practices
Roman Baths
surface form: Roman Baths temple precinct

Sulis Minerva
surface form: goddess Sulis Minerva
country United Kingdom
dedicatedTo Sulis Minerva
feeds Great Bath
Roman bathing complex in Bath
hasAccess viewed from Roman Baths walkways
hasAlternativeDescription natural hot water source at the heart of the Roman Baths in Bath, England
hasArchaeologicalFind coins
curse tablets
inscribed metal objects
jewellery
hasEraOfMajorDevelopment Roman period
hasFlowRate over 1 million litres per day
hasHistoricalUse bathing
healing purposes
religious offerings
ritual purposes
hasLanguageOfName English
hasName Sacred Spring self-link
hasPreRomanSignificance Celtic sacred site
hasProtectionStatus scheduled monument
hasTemperature approximately 46 degrees Celsius
isCentralFeatureOf Roman Baths
surface form: Roman Baths museum complex
isSourceOf Roman Baths water supply
locatedIn Bath
England
Roman Baths
Somerset
United Kingdom
notableFor association with healing cult
continuous natural hot water flow
long history of ritual deposition
partOf Bath, Somerset, England
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site City of Bath
touristAttraction yes
wasVeneratedBy Iron Age inhabitants of Bath area
Celtic tribes
surface form: Roman Britons
waterNotUsedFor modern public bathing
waterType geothermal water
mineral-rich water

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Baths hasPart Sacred Spring
Sacred Spring hasName Sacred Spring self-link
Ver Sacrum titleMeaning Sacred Spring