When:
2nd September 2018 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Europe/London Timezone
2018-09-02T15:00:00+01:00
2018-09-02T17:00:00+01:00
Cost:
FORA members and Aldborough residents only
Contact:
Wendy Hyam

This tour was cancelled because of the adverse weather conditions and will now take place on Sunday 2nd September.

This is an opportunity to enjoy a walking tour in the company of Professor Martin Millett and Rose Ferraby and to hear and see first hand what they have been discovering about the layout of Roman Aldborough.

Martin and Rose began The Aldborough Roman Town Project with the aim of learning more about the remains of Isurium Brigantum, and what it could reveal about Roman Britain. Over the past eight years a wide range of survey techniques has been used to map the buildings, roads and ditches as well as pulling together previous work in the area. The town is conventionally seen as geographically marginal in the Roman province and of secondary importance to York. However, a pattern of planning has been uncovered with major hillside terracing and grand houses with sophisticated design and decoration suggesting a place of more significance and interest with a distinctive character of its own.