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
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 …
14th Mar 2025
Antler
July 2023 in the back garden of an adjoining house a virtually complete red deer antler was discovered asking why would a much sought after comodity nohave been found and re purposed into utensils etc. Read more …
2nd Jun 2020
Main Site
Brough on Humber to give it its full title is thought to been the Roman settlement of Petuaria, mentioned by an ancient writer Ptolemy and was the tribal centre of the Parisi. The Parisi were the local tribe who lived in East Yorkshire in the Roman period. 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
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 …
