Projects
From the Border to the Wall
The project aims to recover aspects of a forgotten and misremembered past in the Western March of England.
- Project Dates: June 2016 - October 2016
- Project Leader: Dr Caron Newman and Dr Richard Newman
- Sponsors: Newcastle University Institute for Social Renewal and Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
The project aims to recover aspects of a forgotten and misremembered past in the Western March of England. It will look at the archaeological landscape of part of the Anglo-Scottish border, using non-intrusive survey to record relict landscape features. These range from abandoned long, linear boundaries, areas of unmapped ridge and furrow, deserted settlements and relict field systems.
The aim of the project is to gain a better understanding of the processes of change in the landscape of the Anglo-Scottish border, focusing on northern Cumbria. With participation from undergraduate students from Newcastle University, it also aims to create links to members of the local community interested in the history and archaeology of the area.
The project will collate archaeological data from the Historic Environment Record for Cumbria and from the National England Archive, aerial photography and Lidar imagery. The project will also expandthe archaeological knowledge base through fieldwork survey.
News on the project can be found on our blog page, From the Border to the Wall.
Contact
Dr Caron Newman
caron.newman@newcastle.ac.uk