At other times visitors can collect a key from Blaise Castle or Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.

In a hypocaust, underlying the mosaic floor of one of the wings, they discovered the body of a man of approximately fifty years of age, 5 feet (1.5 m) tall.

Coins of the Valentinian and Gratian periods led to a conclusion that the man may have died in a Viking raid in the latter part of the fourth or early fifth century AD.

Traces of decorated walls, mosaic floors, underfloor heating and bath suites were discovered.

Based on the dating of coins and other evidence such as a foundation burial of a young pig, it was suggested that the site had been occupied since the third century AD.