A Member of Parliament has visited a hugely important archaeological site to learn more about what they are doing.

John Stevenson visited the Carlisle Cricket Club on Tuesday, September 28, to speak to the archaeologists who are conducting a wide-scale dig at the site to uncover Roman remains.

The Romans played a very important history in Carlisle.

The Conservative Party MP comented on the experience, saying it was a great visit for him.

The people who were showing the MP around explained their findings, including th fascinating remains of a possible Roman bath house or mansion.

Speaking on the event, John Stevenson MP said: "What I thought was particularly interesting was the site of the possible Roman bath house.

"They showed me the area, and explained to me how the Roman's lived.

"I found it very fascinating, and it is extremely interesting to learn about how amazing the Romans were.

"It was great to see how they lived as well."

The Carlisle Cricket Club state on their website that what they think is a possible Roman bath house or mansion was an official stopping place for travelling Roman officials has been discovered, believed to date to the 3rd to 4th century AD.

The club also state: "Earlier this season a team of archaeologists uncovered the remains of three rooms all equipped with a Roman underfloor heating system known as a Hypocaust.

"Vast quantities of pottery, bone and metal objects were found as well as an exceptionally engraved stone fragment with an inscription dedicated to Julia Domna, the mother of the most Holy Emperor Alexander Severus.

"A high quantity of ceramic vaulted nozzle tubes were also recovered, these would have been specifically used to construct curved roofs, a traditional method of building Bathhouses in the late Roman period.

"Personal effects such as a small copper alloy etched pendant and a women’s bone pin were also recovered.

"Archaeologists also uncovered evidence of Medieval activity with the discovery of a small belt buckle dating to 1350-1450 AD."

This autumn, a team of volunteers led by professional archaeologists will undertake further excavations to gain a greater understanding of the extent of preservation of the bath house and any associating buildings and structures relating to earlier phases of Roman occupation.