House of the Sundial

Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

unspecified

Excavation Dates

1920s

Garden Description

Located across the colonnaded street from West house was the House of the Sundial. This house had a rectangular peristyle courtyard with four columns on the long side and three on the shorter side, gutters around the edges, and a well in the center. According to Sillières, the courtyard was paved in opus signinum and thus did not have a garden, though potted plants may have given the appearance of a garden. Room [19] on the northeast corner of the peristyle was connected to the fish preserving operation just to the north. Perhaps the occupant of the house ran the fish business.

Maps

Fig. 1: Map of Baelo Claudia.
Credit: Adapted from Sillières.

Plans

Fig. 2: Plan of the two port houses.
Credit: From Sillières.

Images

Fig. 3: Photo of the two port houses, seen looking west. The peristyle of the House of the Sundial is in the left foreground.

Bibliography

  • A. Balil Iliana, 'Casa y urbanismo en la España antigua. Casa familiar y vivienda colectiva en la España romana,' Boletín del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología, XXXIX, Universidad de Valladolid (Valladolid 1973), 138-140.(worldcat)
  • P. Sillières, M. Fincker, J.M. Labarthe, Baelo Claudia: une cité romaine de Bètique, Collection de la Casa de Velázquez 51 (Madrid 1995), 165-170.(worldcat)

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