Roman statue of Victory to return to Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumberland as part of a new exhibition. The statue returns for the first time …
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Ritual burial theory overturned in Maryport
Archaeologists and Roman experts may have to re-write history due to finds in Cumbria during a recent excavation. The excavation, on land adjacent …
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Book review; Deadlock and Deliverance
The lands on the border of Scotland and England are probably more famous for being the northern most outpost of the Roman Empire, with Hadrian's Wall …
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Lanercost Priory, Cumbria
Lanercost Priory in Cumbria, was originally founded by Henry II in the 12th Century as an Augustinian Monastery. Canons were brought from Norfolk …
Hadrain’s Wall Illuminated
Saturday 13th March saw the spectacular illumination of Hadrian's Wall, bringing to life Britain’s longest, and greatest, historic monument. 500 …
Death of a King – Burgh by Sands
Every year thousands of people pass through the small village of Burgh by Sands on their walk along the Hadrian's Wall National Trail but few people …