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Carlisle City Council redeveloped the Lanes from the mid-1970s, a
densely built-up area in the north-east corner of the city's
historic core, crossed by 19 narrow 'vennels'. These, together with
most of the adjacent buildings, were swept away by the construction
of the Lanes shopping centre. Previous archaeological work had
confirmed complex Roman and medieval deposits on the site, most of
which would be destroyed by the development, and many of the
buildings were of historical and architectural interest. A
programme of archaeological and historical investigation, including
building recording, was therefore undertaken, principally funded by
Carlisle City Council, the Department of the Environment (now
Historic England), and the Manpower Services Commission, completed
between 1978 and 1982. Historic England also funded the
post-excavation analysis and this publication. The Lanes remains
one of the largest and most significant archaeological projects
ever undertaken in northern England. The project was split into the
northern and southern Lanes, the results of the latter being
published in 2000, though it only included a summary of the
standing-building survey. This volume, the companion to the 2019
publication of the Roman remains at the northern site, presents the
evidence for post-Roman activity. The site appears to have been
abandoned by the fifth century, layers of 'dark earth' accumulating
over the latest Roman levels. Several decades after Carlisle was
re-established by William II, narrow burgage plots were created,
extending from Scotch Street to the recently constructed city wall.
These were intensively occupied from then on and yielded a wealth
of evidence for the everyday lives of the inhabitants. Around the
mid-thirteenth century, the lanes themselves were created between
these plots, probably to improve access, and this distinctive
pattern of land-use persisted until the modern redevelopment.
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