Roman Month for detectorists

September will be Roman Month to encourage detectorists to report their late Roman and early Anglo-Saxon finds to the Portable Antiquities Scheme and so assist in the search for new answers to the questions that remain about this vital period.

410 Week on History Channel

History Channel will be running a 410 Week in July, featuring programmes on Roman Britain and the early Anglo-Saxon period. Every night from 8pm from 19th – 25th July on HISTORY Sky 529, Virgin 234.

Museums

Chichester Museum is running a series of events in the summer of 2010 on the theme of 'Romans Go Home!' This will include walks around the city of Chichester, family events and talks

Cornium Museum, Cirencester, is planning a series of 410 events in July TBC.

A 410 display is proposed at Verulamium Museum.

410 Archaeology in 2010

Binchester Fort. Excavations at Binchester this year will mark the 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman Britain. The principal areas chosen for investigation are part of the fort interior, the south-east gateway, and a neighbouring portion of the vicus. Antiquarian excavations in the late 19th and early 20th century revealed extensive archaeological remains. Excavations conducted in the late 1970s revealed archaeological deposits dating to the 4th-5th centuries, and a 6th century Anglian burial was also found. In contrast to many sites of this period, a substantial amount of material culture was recovered from rubbish pits and other waste deposits. Excavations will further explore the transition of a Roman fort to an Anglian burial ground. www.dur.ac.uk/binchester.fort

Caerleon Fortress. Once home to the Second Augustan Legion, Caerleon was one of only three permanent legionary fortresses in Britain. Traditionally thought to have been vacated by the Legion in the late third century, the on-going excavations of a probable military store building in Priory Field have revealed fascinating evidence for occupation within the fortress into the later fourth century and perhaps beyond. Caerleon is also a contender for Arthur's mythical Camelot www.cf.ac.uk/hisar/archaeology/crc/priory-field.html.

Colworth Villa. Villa site with intriguing heavy concentration of finds (including one of the largest site collections of Roman coins) with evidence of late Roman occupation and evidence of burning.

Vindolanda Fort. Situated immediately south of Hadrian's Wall on the Stanegate, the Roman fort of Vindolanda is perhaps best known for the late 1st and early 2nd century writing tablets found in an early fort ditch. However, excavations have revealed extensive remains for continuous occupation from the Roman period into the 6th century and perhaps even later. Occupation is known to have continued in the converted granaries, and a church was built in the area of the commanding officer's house. An inscribed stone naming Brigomaglos was found at the fort, along with a portable Christian altar. Excavation at this site will continue to improve our understanding of the role of the late Roman frontier in post-Roman Britain. www.vindolanda.com.