Carlisle: Excavation of a Section of the Annexe Ditch of the First Flavian Fort, 1990

The Roman fort of Carlisle was first discovered by the late Dorothy Charlesworth in 1973 at Annetwell Street. Excavation by her and after 1980 by the Carlisle Archaeological Unit located the southern defences of the primary fort and identified a sequence of Roman forts extending from AD. 72/3 down t...

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Published in:Britannia (Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies) 1992, Vol.23, p.45-109
Main Author: Caruana, I.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amphorae
Bottles
Ditches
Excavations
Forts
Leathers
Pottery
Timber
Wood buildings
Writing tablets
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Summary:The Roman fort of Carlisle was first discovered by the late Dorothy Charlesworth in 1973 at Annetwell Street. Excavation by her and after 1980 by the Carlisle Archaeological Unit located the southern defences of the primary fort and identified a sequence of Roman forts extending from AD. 72/3 down to the fourth century. In 1981–2 excavation at Castle Street produced a sequence of timber phases closely matching the fort stratigraphy, with military association in the finds assemblages, but lying outside the fort defences. The early phases were arguably part of a defended annexe or within a military vicus, though proof was lacking.
ISSN:0068-113X
1753-5352
DOI:10.2307/526104