Cataractonium: Roman Catterick and Its Hinterland - Excavations and Research, 1958-1997: Pt. 1 (Research Report Series) - Softcover

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This two-part Report represents over forty years of excavation and fieldwork undertaken at Catterick (Cataractonium) North Yorkshire. This first volume covers the archaeological background; the excavations by Professor Wacher in the core of the town, as well as the subsequent work on Catterick's suburbs by English Heritage's Centre for Archaeology together with local groups, and also the extensive examination of a nearby roadside settlement at Bainesse on Dere Street. A mansio was fully examined in the heart of the vicus along with three phases of bath house and a range of vicus and later town buildings. The excavated evidence is supported by extensive geophysical surveys and aerial photographic work. Part I of the Report also covers the substantial finds reports on the important pottery assemblages, as well as the brick and tile and graffiti reports.