FIRST SIGHT

This is a Roman tile, actual size, from a bathhouse next to the largest fort on Hadrian’s Wall. The monogram, IMP, confirms other signs of an imperial connection. The baths, found ahead of construction of a new cricket pavilion with vast amounts of bone and artefacts, were the site of community excavation in September and October 2021, part of the National Lottery Heritage funded Uncovering Roman Carlisle project. Photography Stuart Walker

The historic environment is about more than bits of pot. It’s about the intangible heritage, the link people have with the past… This is a challenge for our nation in the face of a changing climate. We have to learn to live with loss. These sites are not going to stop eroding.

Toby Driver, cherish (Climate, Heritage & Environments of Reefs, Islands & Headlands), Channel 4 News September 21 2021