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Roman and Medieval Carlisle: the Northen Lanes, Excavations 1978-82 - Volume One: The Roman Period (Paperback)
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Roman and Medieval Carlisle: the Northen Lanes, Excavations 1978-82 - Volume One: The Roman Period (Paperback)
Series: Lancaster Imprints, 25
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In the mid-1970s, Carlisle City Council finalised proposals for the
redevelopment of the Lanes, a densely built-up area in the
north-east corner of the city's historic core, which, at the time,
was crossed by 19 narrow lanes or vennels. These were to be swept
away, and the area cleared, for the construction of the Lanes
shopping centre. Previous archaeological work had confirmed the
existence of complex Roman and medieval deposits in this part of
the city, most of which would be destroyed by the new development.
Consequently, a programme of archaeological and historical
investigation, funded by Carlisle City Council, the Department of
the Environment (now Historic England), the Manpower Services
Commission, the Marc Fitch Fund and the Society of Antiquaries of
London, was undertaken between 1978 and 1982. Historic England also
provided substantial funding for post-excavation analysis and
publication of the project's results. To this day, the Lanes
retains its position as one of the largest and most significant
urban archaeological projects ever undertaken in northern England.
For post-excavation purposes, the project was split into two parts,
the northern and southern Lanes, the results of the latter being
published in 2000. The current volume presents the evidence for
Roman occupation within the northern Lanes, from the construction
of a probable military camp and a series of large timber buildings,
possibly mansiones, in the early Roman period, to the expansion of
civilian settlement across this area during the mid-late second
century AD, which saw the emergence of a distinct pattern of
building plots. Good preservation of waterlogged organic materials
was a feature of the earlier levels, which yielded a wealth of
environmental information and many artefacts of wood and leather.
The post-Roman evidence from the northern Lanes will be presented
in a companion volume.
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