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Building Homes
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These pictures help you to see how the building materials in the CAT KIT were used.
![Bronze Age house](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_d0a3c8955cc44be4a66c1c20c46fa80e~mv2_d_1800_1247_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_102,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_d0a3c8955cc44be4a66c1c20c46fa80e~mv2_d_1800_1247_s_2.jpg)
Reconstruction of a Bronze Age house found at Holywell Coombe near Folkestone. The walls are made of timber and the roof is thatched. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![The Late Iron Age](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_001b5b787f194d8a83195bffa0461dcb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_97,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_001b5b787f194d8a83195bffa0461dcb~mv2.jpg)
Canterbury in the Late Iron Age. Walls of houses were made with wattle and clay daub. The roofs were thatched. Courtesy of Canterbury Museums ©.
![Experimental archaeology](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_02870d39d2614040a1b43a95ae854194~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_94,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_02870d39d2614040a1b43a95ae854194~mv2.jpg)
This house is at Butser in Hampshire. It was built by experimental archaeologists in the 20th century, in a style used by people in the Iron Age. The roofs were thatched. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Roman Canterbury](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_34a1f3a247b84c5682606394100ca6d1~mv2_d_1800_1268_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_104,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_34a1f3a247b84c5682606394100ca6d1~mv2_d_1800_1268_s_2.jpg)
This is what archaeologists think Canterbury looked like in Roman times. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Roman floor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_7686d0fe4b894c0b844c1f1e9d31fead~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_229,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_7686d0fe4b894c0b844c1f1e9d31fead~mv2.jpg)
Some houses in Roman Canterbury had floors decorated with mosaics. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Roman floor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_b316dab0b9f346f58c748f6af932742e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_113,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_b316dab0b9f346f58c748f6af932742e~mv2.jpg)
This Roman floor was found right outside Canterbury Cathedral! Can you see the mosaic? © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Roman floor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_400cfeb2b6394cf4b48b853901ea1221~mv2_d_1800_1350_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_400cfeb2b6394cf4b48b853901ea1221~mv2_d_1800_1350_s_2.jpg)
This floor belonged to a huge Roman house found at THE BIG DIG in Canterbury in 2002. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Roman oven](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_1bb872876aba4959baf304d8cf58fea1~mv2_d_1800_1352_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_1bb872876aba4959baf304d8cf58fea1~mv2_d_1800_1352_s_2.jpg)
This small oven was found in the huge Roman house at THE BIG DIG. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Roman baths](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_c300994782554e2fae49b8ef9c7d64ad~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_232,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_c300994782554e2fae49b8ef9c7d64ad~mv2.jpg)
At a Roman bath house you could swim, get clean and meet friends. Underfloor heating warmed the water in the baths. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Roman hypocaust](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_2c60e2fc2bb544428e4effcc846261dc~mv2_d_1377_1800_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_192,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_2c60e2fc2bb544428e4effcc846261dc~mv2_d_1377_1800_s_2.jpg)
Roman underfloor heating system (hypocaust). © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Flue tile](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_35afa892b54e4fa29ea39ff0e2e251ab~mv2_d_1255_1800_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_211,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_35afa892b54e4fa29ea39ff0e2e251ab~mv2_d_1255_1800_s_2.jpg)
Flue tile from a Roman heating system. © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.
![Paw prints](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/805c19_4ae2e9d30a3f477c98d0d236b8e2ea23~mv2_d_1800_1238_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_101,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/805c19_4ae2e9d30a3f477c98d0d236b8e2ea23~mv2_d_1800_1238_s_2.jpg)
Roman cats and dogs left their paw prints on these tiles! © Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.