Set up to look after the Roman Forts in the Castleshaw Valley, a revamp in 2012 gave wide brief for investigations, past and future.
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8 Apr 2023
A fabulous LiDAR image of the Castleshaw valley courtesy of Phil Barrett. The Roman road showing up really well as it heads from the forts towards Standedge #Castleshaw #Roman
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We now have a Bluesky account if anyone would like to follow us: @offorts.bsky.social Hope to see you there…
We are not posting on X any more but will monitor this site for a few months.
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We no longer post to this channel, though it is still monitored. Please find us on Facebook and our website - castleshawarchaeology.co.uk.
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May 5
The moment an almost intact mortarium was excavated at the Uncovering Roman #Carlisle dig. The contents will be analysed in the lab. These Roman mixing bowls were part of every good kitchen #archaeology #HadriansWall
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Apr 8
An adorable little #Roman dog figurine, some 1700 years old - once an ornament, a lucky charm, or a child's toy, perhaps..?
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Apr 8
4th century face pot sherd which was produced at Toot Baldon, near Oxford. Now part of the collections at the Ashmolean in Oxford. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain
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Building outlines inside Roman fortlet clearly visible atm thanks to strimming by #UnitedUtilities. Roman road from Delph to Castleshaw also showing up well this time of year. Stocktake of our digging equipment this afternoon - only a few months & we’ll be back excavating…
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Mar 18
It is sometimes astounding to see the evidence of how skilled #Roman glassmakers could be...
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Mar 17
Hands down one of my favourite #Roman mosaics ever. Bonus marks for the mosaicist actually knowing what an octopus looks like (not always the case with Roman animal mosaics) 🐙
Mar 16
A charming little octopus from a #Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD 🐙❤️
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me
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ALT My photo shows a mosaic fragment from the floor of a Roman villa in Spain, dated AD 100-200s. It depicts a stylised octopus using red, yellow, white, and black limestone tesserae, against an off-white background. The front-facing octopus appears almost cartoon-like, with a large red and white head and body outlined in black. Its yellow circular eyes are outlined in black with a central black dot which stare out at the viewer. Below the head and body are eight writhing arms. This octopus and other fragmentary animal mosaics were discovered in the 19th century at the Hermitage of Santa Colomba, Villaquejida, León, which had been built on the site of a Roman villa.
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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
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Fabulous lecture last night by Julene Abad del Vacchio on Death & Loss in Latin Literature. Our next talk on 18 March at 19.30 is by archaeologist Norman Redhead on last year’s dig at the Castleshaw Roman fort annexe & plans for this summer’s excavations. More info to follow.
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Only one week until our talk by crime fiction writer Michael Knaggs, who will talk about Holcombe Moor as the setting for his latest novel. Join us at Greenmount Cricket Club at 7.30pm and get a chance to be part of the investigating CID team! We hope to see you there.
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Feb 14
Happy Valentine’s Day, this touching pendant made of jet was found at #Vindolanda fort and dates to the late 3rd century AD. Thought to be a betrothal gift it can now be viewed within the onsite museum #hadrianswall #archaeology #ValentinesDay
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Our next lecture on 19th Feb at 7pm is at Uppermill Civic Centre by Julene Abad Del Vecchio from the University of Manchester on ‘Grief and Loss in Latin Literature’. Head over to our Facebook page for further information… #Castleshaw #Romans
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We are beginning to think about contributions to the 2026 Chester Heritage Festival (23 May–7 June) and the University of Chester Festival of Ideas (2–5 July). Are there any events that you would like to see us put on? Email Pauline Clarke, excursions@chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk.
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It's worth joining the Society just for the journal, let alone our talks, excursions, other events, newletters and heritage campaigning. It's only £20pa. Go to chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/me….
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Our next talk is on Wednesday 28th January at Greenmount Cricket Club. Ray Whittaker of Littleborough Historical and Archaeological Centre will talk about the construction of the M62 Rakewood Viaduct. All are welcome to attend, no need to book, just pay on the door.
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Jan 2
The tombstone of a #Roman soldier named Gaius Valerius, who served in the Legio XV Apollinaris as a tubicen - a military musician who played a tuba to give commands, particularly on the battlefield. He died at the age of 36 after 16 years of service in the #RomanArmy.
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31 Dec 2025
My latest blog (final for 2025) is on intangable heritage snd indistrial archaeology #industrialarchaeology #industrialheritage
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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!
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