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Item Open Access REPORT ON THE EXCAVATIONS AT ALDBOROUGH (ISURIUM BRIGANTUM), 2018: BUILDING 2.17 – A ROMAN WAREHOUSE(2024-03-18) Millett, Martin; Ferraby, Rose; Millett, Martin [0000-0003-4073-3260]Excavation was carried out to investigate a large building in the north-east of Isurium Brigantum. The structure was first excavated in 1924 during investigations of the defences, but the full extent of the building was revealed in the geophysical survey. The re-excavation of the 1924 trench set out to investigate the chronology and use of the building and its immediate context. The building is thought to be a warehouse (horreum) constructed around AD250-270. Its destruction came in the mid-fourth century or later. This huge warehouse sheds new light on the role of Isurium Brigantum as a centre for trade, taxation, and storage.Item Open Access Report on the excavations at Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum), 2017: The Forum(2022-09-01) Ferraby, Rose; Millett, Martin; Ferraby, Rose [0000-0002-2490-8713]Limited excavation revealed part of the northern range of the forum of the Roman town of Isurium Brigantum, first excavated in 1770. It confirmed the accuracy of the eighteenth-century plans, and the trench showed that occupation began in the A.D. 70s, with evidence for timber structures facing the road from York. The forum was constructed as part of a larger programme of town planning c. A.D. 120. There is evidence for changed use of the building with industrial activity in the later fourth or fifth centuryItem Open Access Aldborough Roman Town Project 2021 Interim Report(2021-12-20) Ferraby, Rose; Millett, Martin; Ferraby, Rose [0000-0002-2490-8713]Excavation was carried out between the 27th August –26th September 2021 as part of the Aldborough Roman Town Project (University of Cambridge) close to the North Gate of Isurium Brigantum. A trench covering an area of 166m² was excavated, to continue work begun in 2019 that had revealed part of the Roman street (EW1), late and post-Roman buildings and a blacksmith’s workshop. The aim of the work was to characterise the development of the town, in particular finding evidence for early and late activity, as well as how this area of the town was used in relation to buildings on the geophysics and the warehouse excavated in 2018.Item Open Access Excavations at Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) 2019: Interim Report(2020-02-03) Ferraby, Rose; Millett, Martin; Ferraby, Rose [0000-0002-2490-8713]; Millett, Martin [0000-0003-4073-3260]An interim report from the 2019 season of excavations at Aldborough Roman Town, North Yorkshire. Excavation was carried out between the 27th April – 1st June 2019 as part of the Aldborough Roman Town Project (University of Cambridge). A trench covering an area of 78m² was excavated by hand, in order to re-investigate a 1924 trench and the clarify the nature of the structures around it. The aim was to use the 1924 trench to examine the earliest contexts, whilst undisturbed areas could be dug to learn more about the latest phases of the town. The results of the magnetometry survey in this area were partly obscured by ridge and furrow, therefore the excavation would allow us to better understand the character of this part of the town, leading on from the 2018 work on the warehouses to the east. Finally, the location of the trench was designed to include part of the northern-most east–west street of the grid, providing an opportunity to date the construction of the street grid.Item Open Access Aldborough Roman Coin ListsBrickstock, RichardItem Open Access Aldborough Roman Town Project: 2016 Excavation Interim Report(2019-05-10) Ferraby, Rose; Millett, Martin; Ferraby, Rose [0000-0002-2490-8713]; Millett, Martin [0000-0003-4073-3260]Interim report of the 2016 excavation at Aldborough Roman Town. Excavation was carried out north of the English Heritage maintained mosaics (NGR 440492, 466311) in September 2016, directed by Rose Ferraby and Martin Millett, University of Cambridge. The works were undertaken as part of the Aldborough Roman Town Project, which has been mapping the area of Aldborough using geophysical survey since 2009. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SM NY 436, HA 1003133) and scheduled monument consent was granted by Historic England to facilitate the excavation.Item Open Access Excavations at Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) 2017: Interim Report(2019-05-10) Ferraby, Rose; Millett, Martin; Ferraby, Rose [0000-0002-2490-8713]; Millett, Martin [0000-0003-4073-3260]An excavation was carried out by the Aldborough Roman Town Project, University of Cambridge, between the 4th – 23rd September 2017 on the site of the Roman forum at Aldborough. The project directors were Rose Ferraby and Martin Millett. The excavation was undertaken to confirm the location and orientation of the forum, as well as to gather possible dating and phasing. The trench would also test key questions about the early development of the Roman town. It was located on the grass verge by St Andrew's Church, opposite the Ship Inn.Item Open Access Excavations at Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) 2018: Interim Report(2019-05-10) Ferraby, Rose; Millett, Martin; Ferraby, Rose [0000-0002-2490-8713]; Millett, Martin [0000-0003-4073-3260]An interim report from the 2018 field season of the Aldborough Roman Town Project. Excavation was carried out in the north east corner of the Roman town of Isurium Brigantum between 3 – 27th March 2018 as part of the Aldborough Roman Town Project (University of Cambridge). A 7m x 3m trench was located in order to investigate a large building. First discovered during the 1924 excavations of Barber et al., the extent of the building was fully revealed as part our magnetometer recent survey, showing it to extend to c. 60m x 8m. The excavation was carried out to investigate the nature and date of the building, its chronological relationship to the town wall, and to test whether there was intra-mural road passing immediately to the north of it. The report contains background to the research, historical maps, geophysical survey from the Aldborough Roman Town Project, and detailed discussion of the results of the 2018 excavations.