The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle

Miller, Ian; McPhillips, Sean

Abstract

A recent opportunity to examine part of the Roman settlement associated with the fort at Old Carlisle, Cumbria, was provided by clearance work at Old Carlisle Farm (NY 2614 4614). In order to construct a level yard to the west of the farm, an area measuring some 18 m by 14 m was stripped of topsoil.
This revealed a suite of archaeological features, which, at the behest of English Heritage, was subject to a programme of archaeological recording by Oxford Archaeology North in June 2002. The work was restricted to the manual cleaning of the exposed remains; further excavation was not undertaken in order to preserve the integrity of the archaeological features.
The site lies c.116 m east of the Roman fort at Old Carlisle (Fig. 1), within the area designated as a Scheduled Monument (SM CU8). Very little is known about the character and development of the Roman extramural settlement there, reflecting the limited amount of archaeological investigations undertaken; previous work
includes an excavation of part of the settlement to the south of the fort (Bellhouse, 1959, 15-31), and detailed analysis of aerial photography of the site (Higham and Jones, 1975).

Citation

Miller, I., & McPhillips, S. (2005). The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, 5, 25-30

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: May 26, 2024
• Journal: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
• Print ISSN: 0309-7986
• Publisher: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 25-30
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