Archaeological excavation of the Huntcliff signal station in 1911 found the skeletal remains of men, women, and children thrown into the well — evidence of a massacre of the garrison and their families by seaborne raiders. Similar evidence was found at Goldsborough. These late Roman coastal massacres mark the final collapse of Roman coastal defence in Yorkshire and the beginning of the Anglian period.
Entire garrison and dependants; numbers unknown
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