Illustrated with 54 Figures, 30 Plates and 17 Tables.

Our knowledge of Carlisle's history has been transformed over the past decade, and these two reports contain accounts of important and recent work not previously published.

Both sites discussed lie just outside and to the east of the medieval city wall, Rickergate revealed evidence of human activity dating to c 4000-2000 BC, as well as traces of Roman timber buildings and a treasure trove of waterlogged remains form the medieval defensive ditches around the city, including shoes in abundance, and a large wood and leather water-carrier of the kind illustrated in the Luttrell Psalter. Botchergate revealed not only Roman burials, including one with a funeral pyre above a grave pit, but also a second-century industrial complex that contained the remains of a large lead-smelting furnace of a kind not previously found in Roman Britain.

Together these authoritative and definitive reports demonstrate how much information is still to be found by scrupulously careful archaeological detection, as well as being fascinating and highly readable accounts in their own right.

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