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 …
27th Jul 2020
Timber buildings
Potential remains of 3rd Century timber buildings, dated by coins discovered in situ. 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 …
31st Aug 2025
Finds of 2025
We are very lucky with the project that we are able to envisage the enormity of the Roman occupancy of Petuaria as finds are frequent and on mass giving us an idea of what life was like, what they ate and the pottery they used. Read more …
Latest News
5th Mar 2026
New funding thank you
we would like to take the time to thank the The Karen Elizabeth Waugh Foundation (KEWF) for their generous donation to our project for the 2026 season “A search for a port”. Read more …

