Roman finds at Carlisle
Roman soldiers at Housesteads Fort on Hadrian's Wall Earlier today, I visited a rich collection of Roman era finds at Carlisle's Sands Centre (a community facility) followed by a short walk to the nearby Carlisle Cricket Ground from where the finds emanate. As I sipped my coffee I was able to watch the local populace cavorting and swimming in a state-of-the- art pool facility in a simailr manner to that of the locals of 1800 years ago! Key Information Carlisle (pop) is a town in N.W. England. It was known as Luguvalio in the Roman period of the 4th century AD and Carleol in the 12th century.The cair element (corrupted to car ) was added after the Roman period and means 'fortified town'. There exist many towns and cities in Britain prefixed with 'car' or variants thereof which usually point to Roman military origins. Carlisle was positioned close to the outer limits of the Roman Empire being just 3.25 miles south of Hadrian's Wall which formed the northe...