In collaboration with Appleby Archaeology Group

Between the 12th July and the 19th July, 2008, North Pennines Archaeology are supervising an archaeological evaluation of the Druidical Judgement Seat earthwork (Brackenber Moor, near Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria) in collaboration with Appleby Archaeology Group as part of National Archaeology Week. This is the site of a possible prehistoric or Romano-British settlement about which nothing is known. The group undertook a geophysical survey of the site last year and will be conducting more surveys this summer.

Brackenber Moor has been occupied since at least the Bronze Age, and a number of burial monuments survive from this period. A number of possible prehistoric settlement sites exist in the area, which could potentially date to the Iron Age or Romano-British periods. The Druidical Judgement Seat is a D-shaped enclosure, comprising an outer bank and inner ditch, with a single entrance on the northwest side. Similar sites in Cumbria are usually interpreted as Iron Age or Romano-British farmsteads. However, no archaeological features are visible within the enclosure, and no archaeological evidence is available with which to date the site.

The site will be open to the public from 10.00am on Saturday 19th July. Please contact Martin Railton (telephone 01434 382045 or 07979617882) for more details.