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Finds 2025

27th Dec 2025

Finds 2025

attached are a few finds from 2025’s dig.

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Tourist information board

26th Dec 2025

Tourist information board

2025 saw the unvieling by the Lord Leiutenant of the East Riding, Mr James Dick OBE, the communities first evertourist information board.  Sited outside the Burrs playing field on welton road it give a short history of the Roman occupancy of the area named Petuaria by the Romans. Read more …

Antler

14th Mar 2025

Antler

July 2023 in the back garden of an adjoining house a virtually complete red deer antler was discovered asking why would a much sought after comodity nohave been found and re purposed into utensils etc.  Read more …

27th Jul 2020

Dig Site - Grassdale Park

Remains of a substantial wall along with Samian pottery, Vespasian coins, floors, glass, pot and plaster. Read more …

26th Dec 2025

Golf course Geo Phys

During the social closed period of covid in 2020, and following on from an earlier community activity, James Lyall with the permision of the Brough golf course covered the full area with a magnatometer to explore what lies beneath and to try and find the lost road out of Petuaria leading to York/Eboracum. Read more …

 

 

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Fund Raising

We have had a great couple of months fund raising for the project so we can still keep it free for all the participants.  Our latest grants awarded were from the following organisations: - Read more …

 

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