Members and guests at Appleby Archaeology Group’s latest meeting learnt about excavations of the iron age settlement at High Carlingill.

The speaker was Ms Jan Hicks, Chair of Lunesdale Archaeology Society.

The settlement, 500 metres south to the Low Borrowbridge Roman Fort, showcases several round houses, varying from two-and-a-half to four metres.

A hearth, grooved stone and two banks were identified, the former still standing three-four metres high.

Following the Roman invasion, new buildings were erected, and the site appears to have been occupied afterwards by British people.

Paleoenvironmental analysis revealed harvested crops, including spelt and six-row barley.

Ceramic findings at the site were predominantly Roman, including black burnished ware.

There was one piece of decorated Samian ware and two pieces of local iron age pottery.

There was much metal and half a dozen whetstones, discovered throughout the excavations.

The site appears to have been occupied into the early medieval period.