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source: Northern Echo, 07 October 2008
Secrets from the region's Roman past have been revealed - courtesy of a £6m project to install a water main.
The remains of a Roman road and part of a bridgehead settlement have been unearthed by a river in North Yorkshire.
Archaeologists have also uncovered evidence that the old Roman road - which was always thought to run along the A59 between York and Green Hammerton, near Boroughbridge - may have come out further east.
Part of a settlement, which may have originated in the Iron Age, has been identified in Kirk Hammerton, where the Roman road crossed the River Nidd.
Artifacts uncovered have provided a revealing insight into the nature of the settlement.
The artefacts have been found along the route of a pipeline being laid by contractors working on behalf of Yorkshire Water.
Archaeologist Oliver Cooper said: "It was common knowledge before we started that the A59 from York to Green Hammerton followed an old Roman road, so there was always a good chance the pipeline would identify further evidence and reveal some interesting finds. Evidence also shows there was a settlement bordering the road on the west bank of the river."
Finds have not been limited to the Roman era - some date back to the Iron Age.
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