Bishop Middleham Quarry webpage now live!

Posted on 16th October 201816th October 2018 by Philippa Hunter

Five of the eleven early medieval graves. Note the preservation of the rock-cut graves in the foreground compared to those that had been cut into sand, in the background, and had therefore suffered more damage due to ploughing (scale = 2 x 2m). © Copyright ARS Ltd

Ana working on the Roman Iron Age palisade construction trench. © Copyright ARS Ltd

Two probable stock enclosures bordered to the south by the sweeping arc of a Roman field boundary ditch (scales = 2 x 2m). © Copyright ARS Ltd

We have just launched a new webpage on excavations that we carried out at Bishop Middleham Quarry near Durham on behalf of W&M Thompson (Quarries) Ltd. We uncovered evidence of a very early Christian cemetery, a Roman field system and two probable Roman stock enclosures. Click here to find out more about the discoveries that were made on the site.