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Carlisle Millennium Project - Excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001 Volume 1 (Hardcover)
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Carlisle Millennium Project - Excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001 Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Series: Lancaster Imprints, 14
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From 1997 to 2001, works associated with Carlisle City Council's
Gateway City (Millennium) Project on castle Way and Castle Gardens
provided an important opportunity to conduct a programme of
archaeological excavations on the site of the Roman fort at
Carlisle, and to examine the development of part of the medieval
castle, which occupies most of the fort site. Five main areas were
investigated prior to the construction of the Castle Way (Irish
Gate) footbridge and the Millennium Gallery and underpass, in what
was the largest archaeological excavation undertaken in Carlisle
since the early 1800s. The results of the work will greatly enhance
understanding of the development of the fort during the Roman
period, and of Carlisle's role in the origins and development of
the Tyne-Solway frontier system. Important evidence for occupation
within the medieval castle's outer ward was also recovered, and the
large ditch separating the castle from the city was investigated.
Waterlogging of the lower levels resulted in exceptional
preservation of organic materials, which rarely survive on
archaeological sites in Britain. These included the remains of
numerous wooden buildings and other structures within two
superimposed timber forts of the late first- to mid-second century
AD, a multiplicity of wooden and leather artefacts of Roman and
medieval date, and a wealth of environmental information. This
monograph presents the detailed stratigraphic narrative, describing
site development from the pre-Roman to post-medieval periods. The
site is placed in its wider context, and a discussion is presented
of the importance of the data for advancing understanding of the
history and development of Carlisle, and of the wider region. A
second volume discusses the artefactual and ecofactual data, and
provides an overview of the significance of the material. Much of
the detailed project data have been compiled into a thrid, digital,
volume; this takes the form of a DVD accompanying the second book.
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