Work began in a field near Papcastle in Cockermouth after the floods ... are around 1,700 years old meaning the Roman fort on the site was more extensive than experts believed.

Among the finds at the Papcastle site, in Cockermouth ... began investigating shortly after. They uncovered a Roman fort on an area measuring approximately 27,000-square-feet (2,500-square ...

Archaeologists have discovered a wide range of Roman artefacts while excavating the remains of a Roman settlement found in Papcastle ... rather than of a town or fort. The archaeologists believe ...

Archaeologist Cath Ross said: "So what we are seeing here is a an area of civilian settlement outside of the fort of Papcastle ... insight into a historical roman village. Credit: ITV Border ...

Carved heads of both male and female Roman gods were found in Papcastle, England, and archaeologists believe a two-foot-tall fertility statue is a local deity from thousands of years ago.