A short update on the Roman excavation at Carlisle Cricket club as we finish in just a few days. #archaeology #HadriansWall #Carlisle

Jan and Ollie recording the outer wall of the 3rd century AD Roman building at #Carlisle cricket club. You have three days left to visit for a tour before we finish for this excavation period and the site is reburied. #archaeology #Hadrianswall #Cumbria

The stone foundation of the #AntonineWall exposed at New Kirkpatrick cemetery showing a drainage culvert #archaeology #Scotland

Walking off site at #Vindolanda tonight after a day of rain showers, the weather has left the best till last today #archaeology #Hadrianswall

One of the most fascinating periods of #Vindolanda was the Severan period when the stone fort was demolished and round houses built over the platform in groups of 10 back to back, Roman planning but Romano British in design. Excavation is revealing more of these structures.

The terrace of the military way built after AD160 to service the forts, Milecastles and turrets along Hadrian’s Wall.It’s a testament to the Roman builders that the road is still visible in the landscape such as here at Walltown. #archaeology #hadrianswall #history

We started excavation today with rain and finished with a beautiful evening as the site closed I feel very lucky to experience the fort in all its various weather moods #archaeology #Vindolanda #hadrianswall

The sun is out and it’s great to be back at #Vindolanda putting trowel to ancient ground #archaeology

The medieval stone robbers did a fairly comprehensive job removing the palatial Roman building currently being excavated at #Carlisle cricket club but this section of the southern wall is now seeing the light of day once again. The building dates to the early 3rd century.

A lovely bit of 2nd Century Samian pottery for #findsfriday found this week at Uncovering Roman #Carlisle #Archaeology

It’s a 10 minute walk over the river Eden to the current Roman excavation at the cricket club and tours are available no need to book #Carlisle #archaeology

The moment an almost intact mortarium was excavated at the Uncovering Roman #Carlisle dig. The contents will be analysed in the lab. These Roman mixing bowls were part of every good kitchen #archaeology #HadriansWall

A beautiful almost complete Roman mixing bowl or Mortaria about to be lifted at Uncovering Roman #Carlisle. The contents will be analysed in the lab #archaeology #HadriansWall

Looking over the remains of the southern wall of the Roman building, badly robbed for stone the width indicates it was a substantial construction #Carlisle #archaeology

First evidence of a Danish cohort of Roman troops appears in the barrow, we are still piecing together the evidence but this deadly object may have been used to stop barefoot attacks during the night #ucoveringromancarlisle

An update on week two of the Uncovering Roman #Carlisle spring excavation #HadriansWall #archaeology youtu.be/qjd70tAIY2g?si…

Two similar views of the Carlisle excavation from 2023 and 2026, the team has pushed back the southern edges of the trench and will have time to look at early Roman levels. The square feature are the remains of a column base #archaeology #carlisle #hadrianswall

A child’s footprint left in a roman tile whilst it was drying, the tile was later used to build the public bath house in Ratae now modern #Leicester. Now on display in the Jewry Wall Museum

The Uncovering Roman Carlisle dig starts on the 19th April for 6 weeks but work has started preparing the site. I took a Thursday look at the progress. Thanks to Frank Giecco Senior archaeologist #Carlisle #hadrianswall #archaeology

It’s going to be an exciting six weeks at Carlisle. Expanded trenches based on the 2024/25 areas

The work to remove the upper layers and Victorian landfill has begun at #Carlisle Cricket club as the Uncovering Roman Carlisle Team return for a 6 week archaeological excavation. The site is currently being prepared and the official start is the 19th April. #HadriansWall

Uncovering Roman Carlisle has started. The Victorian landfill is being removed and soon the archaeologists will be in the trenches from the 19th April #Carlisle #HadriansWall

It was great to get back to #Vindolanda this week and the the dig is progressing well. Plenty of archaeology this year along with Magna and Carlisle exploring its Roman past. #archaeology #HadriansWall

The Roman landscape looking east at Coesike turret 33b. The north ditch can clearly be seen although largely filled in and on the left the flattened area is the remains of the upcast mound made of the earth when the ditch was originally dug #HadriansWall #archaeology

The south western corner of the legionary fortress of Eboracum (York) is still well preserved and the curve in the wall where the western and southern walls meet is still visible. Founded in the AD70’s as the legions pushed slowly northwards into the north of the country #york

The 7th cent crypt under #Ripon Cathedral is one of two built by St Wilfrid with the other in Hexham. Both were made of Roman stones. In the case of Ripon this came from nearby Aldborough known to the romans as Isurium

The Roman forts on Hadrian’s Wall had an active military life of nearly 300 years and during that time required constant repairs and modifications. The weather was the most relentless enemy the soldiers faced. On the south wall at #Housesteads fort is this late interval tower built after AD240

The lovely church of St Mary’s amongst a sea of daffodils at Beaumont sits on a Norman castle mound which was built over the likely position of turret 70a on Hadrian’s Wall. The church walls contain bocks of Roman stone and later medieval grave slabs. #hadrianswall #archaeology #hadrianswalltrail

An update on the Uncovering Roman Carlisle excavations at the Cricket club which took place last November #archaeology #HadriansWall #Carlisle youtu.be/2zirnuDEQGk?...

The Anglian tower in #York has proven difficult to date, built into the legionary fortress wall with possible dates from the late 4th Century to the 8th cent. It was later buried by the Danish ramparts preserving it until its 19th cent discovery #Archaeology

I can’t say I’m inspired by any of these options, time to leave nature to heal and move on. There are other places the NT should be focusing on. #HadriansWall www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-...

A building inscription from Balmuildy fort on the #AntonineWall dating the building work by the 2nd Legion the governorship of Lollius Urbicus AD139-43 #Scotland #RIB2191 now on display at the Hunterian museum, Glasgow

An altar set up to the god Mars at Croy Hill fort on the Antonine Wall dating to the mid 2nd century AD now on display in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow #archaeology #Scotland #RIB2159

Whilst in #London I went to see what was in bay 53 #archaeology #SeptimiusSeverus

A look at Cleary Gardens at the site of Huggin Hill Roman Bath house. The gardens sit between Lower Thames Street and St Paul’s to the NW. sections were first located in the 19th Century with excavations though to the 1980’s. The walls stand in places up to 10ft high but there is little to see

So proud to be part of the Uncovering Roman Carlisle team as we won the award for research project of the year at @CurrentArchaeo live today #Carlisle #Archaeology

A visit to the Church of St Eata at Atcham close to the Roman town of #Wroxeter youtu.be/9voHaeud7Z8?...

A huge paw pint pressed into a hypocaust tile when still wet before firing, just visible is the IMP (imperial) stamp which the #Carlisle excavation site is well known for indicating this was a building of importance in the early 3rd Century AD #HadriansWall #Archaeology

I’ve been Looking at Churches around the Roman town of #Wroxeter this week at the reused masonry from the site #archaeology

Looking forward to #CurrentArchaeologyLive this Saturday at UCL. Its great that the Carlisle excavation is shortlisted for an award. See you there #archaeology

Happy Valentine’s Day, this touching pendant made of jet was found at #Vindolanda fort and dates to the late 3rd century AD. Thought to be a betrothal gift it can now be viewed within the onsite museum #hadrianswall #archaeology #ValentinesDay

My Times Radio pub quiz win, just deciding which beer to christen it with.

Looking east along the Vallum towards Cawfields Quarry. The vallum runs into the distance behind #HadriansWall as it climbs the crags #Archaeology #RomanBritain

Birdoswald farm with its faux crenellations was built in the 19th century but it sits within the Roman fort of Banna on Hadrian’s Wall. The west wall with its interval tower can be seen in the foreground. Originally built of Turf and timber the fort was rebuilt in stone #archaeology #hadrianswall

A look at Milecastle 37 on #HadriansWall youtu.be/NiC6crRYcdw?...

I think I’ve the guide book issue covered! Interesting to see how much change there has been at #Vindolanda since 1971

I’ve got away from grey rainy Britain for the intense blue skies of Teide National park on #Tenerife. I can’t tell you enough how much I love this volcanic landscape #Geology

A new video on the Roman Excavations at #Carlisle is now up on YouTube. If you saw the section on #diggingforbritain this adds to the information youtu.be/-K1idDEpPdI?...

A montage of the Uncovering Roman Carlisle excavations. The site of the 3rd century building is so large and complex its has required many investigations since 2017 and the story continues, a new exhibition opens soon at Tullie House Museum #Carlisle #diggingforbritain #Archaeology

One of the most scenic Roman roads in Britain runs from the fort at Burrow fort north to the fort at Low Borrowbridge in the lune gorge running along the slopes of the Howgill fells in Cumbria. The shot shows the road passing Low Carlingill farm. The road continues up to the Eden Valle #Margary7c