Did the Romans come to Blackpool?
Emmanuelle Bernier
2025-05-06 21:47:05
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A fragment of unworked chert – a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock – and quartz were also discovered and are believed to have been parts of ancient tools made elsewhere. Project officer Oliver Cook said in his report that gullies, which could be evidence of roundhouses, were also found, as was another potential enclosure; possible native or Iron Age pottery; and a broken piece of Samian Ware – top quality tableware from Roman Britain, which was used from AD43 to 410. It is anticipated that three areas of the site hold further archaeological potential. Archaeological digs unearthed ancient tools, fancy Roman tableware and evidence of prehistoric settlements.
Nicholas Hills
2025-04-30 16:02:03
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The only classical geographical treatise that deals with Britain’s north-west coast is Geography of Ptolemy which was published in the latter half of the second century. In his work Claudius Ptolemaius describes the ancient British coastline, naming the mysterious entry Portus Setantiorum. Portus Setantiorum, mentioned by Ptolemy, has never been positively identified, but it is thought to have been located on the Fylde near the mouth of the River Wyre near to the modern fishing town of Fleetwood in Lancashire. Blackpool and Lytham St. Anne’s nearby on the western coast of the Fylde are both far too exposed. The entry in Ptolemy’s Geography is easily translated as ‘the Seaport of the Setantii (tribe)’, and this remains the only reference we have of their existence. The Setantii apparently occupied the area of central Lancashire and the Fylde and were a small sept or sub-tribe of the powerful Brigantes.
Lelah Glover
2025-04-20 18:33:50
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The earliest records come from the 3rd Roman Invasion of Britain in AD 43, when the Fylde was a landscape of boggy marshes islands of solid land and pathways. Two attempts by Julius Caesar in B.C. 54 and 55 failed to subjugate the Setantii or Brigantes. It was not until A.D. 79 that Britain was conquered by Julius Agricola. The Setantii gave vigorous resistance under the Brigantine chief Venutius, but their undisciplined valour finally proved less than a match for the well drilled Romans. Conquering was one thing but keeping the intrepid spirit of the Setantii subdued was quite another. Agricola realised the best way of quelling any outbreak was to offer them the benefits of civilisation as an alternative to their heathen, primitive existence. Thus, the mud huts and wicker shelters gave way to more comfortable habitations, and the rule of Druids replaced by Roman law and temples. It is thought the Romans may have drawn up an alliance with the Setantii to exploit the tribe’s marine ability to mutual advantage.
Craig Pollich
2025-04-20 16:40:09
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A team of archaeologists have uncovered evidence of Roman and Iron Age occupation at site near Blackpool.
Oxford Archaeology said the site at Bourne Hill in Thornton-Cleveleys has evidence of both an Iron Age settlement and Roman occupation.
The OA team, found evidence of roundhouses and their ditches from the Iron Age, pottery and other objects they believe to be from the Roman period.
It is a significant site because there of signs of a long occupation from the Iron Age to Roman Britain.
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