Building outlines inside Roman fortlet clearly visible atm thanks to strimming by #UnitedUtilities. Roman road from Delph to Castleshaw also showing up well this time of year. Stocktake of our digging equipment this afternoon - only a few months & we’ll be back excavating…
Our next talk is on 18 March at 19.30 in Uppermill Civic Centre when Norman Redhead will discuss last year’s excavations at the Castleshaw Roman Fort annexe and reveal plans for this year’s work on the site. Visit our Facebook page for more information #Castleshaw#Romans
Just look at this fantastic image taken from a magic lantern slide of a summer’s outing to Castleshaw in 1908! As you can see we’ve been able to pinpoint exactly where in the fortlet it was taken & head over to our Facebook page for more info. Hope they had some good weather!
Great talk by Ollie Cook last night on recent excavations near the north gate of the Roman fort in Castlefield. Great to see some of the finds that Ollie brought with him. Our next talk on 18 Feb is ‘Grief & Loss in Literature’ by Julene Abad Del Veccio. More info to follow
Many thanks to Kurt Hunter-Mann for his very informative lecture last night on the Roman legionary bathhouse in York. Our next speaker on 10 December is Ollie Cook who’ll be talking about recent excavations in Castlefield close to the Roman north gate. Further details to follow