For the last three years, excavations outside the walls of Birdoswald Roman fort have been helping to characterise the community who lived in its shadow. Carly Hilts visited the site and spoke to Ian Haynes to learn more.
Devastating floods in 2009 wreaked havoc in Cumbria; Lynda Howard, however, found a silver lining amongst the clouds in the discovery of enigmatic Roman remains, exposed by the deluge.
Tomen y Mur was abandoned by AD 130, but had lasting political and cultural significance into the medieval period.
What is the latest thinking on the forts that lay towards the eastern extremity of Hadrian’s Wall? Paul Bidwell and Nick Hodgson report.