Nick Brook

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!

It's a Kittie Christmas.😹

@OfForts Ready and waiting for the call to arms.

@NicholasBrook1 That’s absolutely brilliant Nick…and dont worry - we’ll be taking you up on that next summer at Castleshaw! 😂

@PennineThe @GroomB Royd Street, Hill Top, slawit.😹

‘Christmas Eve in Slaithwaite - With a Distracted Dog and a Baffled Sheep’ just has to be by Peter Brook, the anthropomorphic animals clearly confused as Santa makes his way to the front door, seemingly unaware that the chimney has just been swept in anticipation of his arrival.

@SimonElliott20 @OfForts The dressing of the stone is typically Roman.

Pic of the year 21! Reused Roman stone from the Goldsborough signal station. Note the arrow/ blade sharpeners!!!

@OfForts Merry Christmas, Can't wait to get digging again.

Merry Christmas to all our followers and thank you for all your support over the past year. Wishing you all a wonderful, restful Christmas 🎄🎅

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

@sophiegreenart That's great.

‘Out of the Darkness II’ acrylic on linen canvas.

Our next lecture is on 10 December in Uppermill when Ollie Cook will talk about “Unearthing Roman Manchester: Insights from Castlefield House” #Romans

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

@pete_savin What an amazing site and great footage.

@NicholasBrook1 The victorians thought they’d found an aqueduct doing building work on the east side of the bridge along with Roman stone. This was one of the original reasons the team dug here

Rarely have I stood in such an impressive Roman drain, only a day left of this current excavation session at #Carlisle #HadriansWall

Castleshaw Roman Fort: Uncovering the past with Archaeologist Norman Red... youtu.be/xQbRMRh9dp8?si… via @YouTube

Just a reminder that this talk is taking place tonight

Our first lecture of the Autumn/Winter season will take place on 24th September at 7.30 in Uppermill Civic Centre. For further details see Events on our website castleshawarchaeology.co.uk #Castleshaw

The final Dig Diary for our excavations on the Castleshaw military annexe has just been posted on our website Castleshawarchaeology.co.uk A massive thank you to all our fantastic diggers for their support and hard work over the past few months 👏👏. #Castleshaw #Romans

It’s a wrap! The last day on site and our fabulous digging team managed to backfill all our trenches this afternoon. A massive thank you to them all 👏👏. Our Dig Diary will be published towards the end of the week and 🤞 we’ll be digging again at Castleshaw next summer.