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Pete Savin
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Hadrian’s Wall tour guide, archeological photographer sampler of tea. Please DM for personalised tours or image use.
A new video on the Roman Excavations at #Carlisle is now up on YouTube. If you saw the section on #diggingforbritain this adds to the information

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Uncovering Roman Carlisle Summer 2025
YouTube video by Roman History Walks
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January 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
A montage of the Uncovering Roman Carlisle excavations. The site of the 3rd century building is so large and complex its has required many investigations since 2017 and the story continues, a new exhibition opens soon at Tullie House Museum #Carlisle #diggingforbritain #Archaeology
January 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
One of the most scenic Roman roads in Britain runs from the fort at Burrow fort north to the fort at Low Borrowbridge in the lune gorge running along the slopes of the Howgill fells in Cumbria. The shot shows the road passing Low Carlingill farm. The road continues up to the Eden Valle #Margary7c
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I’m looking forward to heading down to Current Archaeology live in February. Fingers crossed for the awards. Please vote if you can #archaeology
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January 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Looking up towards Sticks pass and the #Helvellyn range on a winters afternoon #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #landscapes
January 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
It’s worth a 5 minute walk west of the village car park in #Corbridge to see the Roman bridge stones which carried Dere Street over the river Tyne. The stones have been moved from their excavation site to better protect and display then.
#HadriansWall #archaeology
January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
“The canton of the Durotriges of Lendiniae”a building stone from #HadriansWall mentioning the British tribe of the Durotriges based around Dorset inscribed on a reused altar. These Civitas stones survive showing the tribes of Britain contributed to the rebuilding of the wall.
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The Vicars Peel in Corbridge built around the year 1400 of reused roman stone from the nearby site of Coria and still in use as a gin bar #Northumberland #hadrianswall
January 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
January 1, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The video about the latrines at #Vindolanda fort which is situated just south of Hadrian’s Wall (the fort not the loo) an excellent paper on the analysis of the waste from the bath house toilets can be be found in this link m.facebook.com/story.php?st... #hadrianswall #archaeology #toilets
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A building stone of the 1st Cohort of Tungrians found in the granary wall at Housesteads fort. The stone is upside down indicating it was reused here when the building was divided into two. The tungrians came from the area which now covers east Belgium. #RIB3326 #hadrianswall #archaeology
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A quick look at the South Gate of the fort at #Birdoswald on #HadriansWall which sit high above the river Irthing in Cumbria #archaeology #romanbritain
December 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Housesteads chap, another good luck symbol carved into the late Bath house wall within the fort. Very hard to see in bright sunlight so a sidelight on a winters day does the trick #hadrianswall #archaeology
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A heavy fall of snow at Vindolanda fort a few years back, a moment of almost complete silence on site apart from the soft patter of snowflakes which drew my imagination into the past. #hadrianswall #archaeology #northumberland
December 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Taking a break from the Christmas crowds in York to look at a section of fortress wall in the museum gardens. York was founded in the AD70’s but earlier defensive ditches have been found possibly from a slightly earlier expeditionary campaign.
#Eboracum #York #archaeology
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Squeeze down Peter lane to the medieval house of Richard Warry #York
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s always worth checking behind the bins in #York, the remains of a 12th century Norman house just off Stonegate
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Looking west at Brocolitia fort at on #HadriansWall. The wall runs under the military road but the north ditch is visible. The fort was a later build created to fill a gap between Housesteads and Chesters fort as evidenced by the vallum which was filled in and the fort built over the top.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The morning after #StormDesmond #Kendal #Cumbria OTD 10 years ago
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A Roman funerary monument found at the fort of Verbeia (Ilkley) and now in the local museum. I wonder if they thought their images would still be gazed upon over 1800 years later
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Following on from my Pike Hill video yesterday here a clip of more of the turret. Built some 30 years before #HadriansWall it had good views to Boothby Fortlet and Nether Denton Fort on the Stanegate Roman Road #archaeology #RomanBritain
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you’ve enjoyed the updates from the Uncovering Roman Carlisle dig please consider voting for us thanks

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Archaeology Awards Voting - Current Archaeology
Voting has now opened for the Current Archaeology Awards! Which people, projects and publications deserve recognition?
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December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Up at Pike Hill on the western end of #HadriansWall looking at a tower that pre dates the wall #Archaeology #Cumbria
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The fort of Birdoswald is still open at weekends so I took the opportunity to enjoy the low winter sunshine #HadriansWall #Archaeology
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A look at Denton Turret (7b) on Hadrian’s Wall in the western suburbs of Newcastle one of the earliest structures to be built in the AD120’s #archaeology #romanbritain #hadrianswall
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM