The Excavation of a Romano-British Site at Netherhall Road, Maryport

The Excavation of a Romano-British Site at Netherhall Road, Maryport

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A programme of Rope Reins archaeological trial trenching and excavation was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd between Maryport (Alavna) Roman Fort and Netherhall Road on the north-eastern outskirts of Maryport from 2010 to 2016.The work confirmed the presence of a large sub-square ditched enclosure with two phases of construction, which is interpreted as a Romano-British rural farm site.It contained a variety of pottery deposited in its ditches, dating from the 1st to the 4th century CE.A linear feature, thought to be the line of a Avatar Roman road, did not produce definitive evidence of being a Roman road, but a Roman-period cremation cemetery was uncovered adjacent to it.One of the burials excavated held two pottery vessels of mid-3rd-century CE or slightly later date, one of which contained the cremated remains of an adult female along with other finds, while a second burial contained the cremated remains of a young child within a decorated Rhenish beaker.