Series: Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society Research Series

A report on excavations in Carlisle from 1977 to 1979. It presents salient stratigraphic data, finds,and environmental and human remains with supporting data and detail contained in the accompanying microfiche. Roman occupation was characterized by the reconstruction and modification of a number of street facing buildings which survived in various incarnations over a long period of time. Anglian occupation is evidenced by a building, pit and well. From the 13th century onwards the site was occupied by a Dominican friary until the Dissolution. IH

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Reports five years' work on rescue projects in a long-neglected area. The excavations at Ravenglass and Watercrook are given definitive publication, as is the 1976 season at Bowness (where only a partial plan of a building was recoverable). Summaries of some other work are provided before a synthetic view of the Roman northwest is attempted in the concluding section. Significant new factors include the coastal defence system and the hitherto unsuspected density of native settlements in the area. Only Lancaster and Carlisle are proven Agricolan foundations, the main network being late Flavian and Trajanic. Numerous specialist reports are included (pottery, coins, epigraphy, environmental evidence, small finds, and some medieval material).