Latest Discoveries
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 …
31st Aug 2025
New inner/outer wall found
At the conclusion of the 2023 excavation, particular attention was given to the segment where the wall curved leftward as it extended north toward Welton Road from the interior area of the field. During this phase, archaeologists discovered a new outer wall. This structure appears to be a later addition to the original walls, which is evident from the fact that its foundation sits at a higher elevation than that of the main walls. Read more …
27th Jul 2020
Dig Site - Welton rd
On this site in 1980 a Roman building was found and excavated. It contained a pot, oven and coins of both Vespasian and Domitian. Read more …
27th Jul 2020
Dig Site - The Burrs
During a survey/watching brief down The Burrs a cobbled surface was uncovered, along with tegula and Greyware pottery from the nearby kilns at Holme-On-Spalding Moor Read more …
26th Dec 2025
Depiction of new wall
Following on from the archaeological finds over the previous two years learnings, the project commisioned Mark Hoyal to create a picture of what the wall profile may have looked like. Read more …
Latest News
31st May 2026
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 …
