The excavation of the late Roman signal station at Goldsborough near Whitby produced one of the most dramatic archaeological finds from Roman Yorkshire. A skeleton identified as that of a wolf or large dog was found alongside human remains — suggesting the garrison's last moments were violent. The station was one of a chain built c.370 AD to provide early warning of seaborne raiders. Its destruction, like that of Huntcliff, attests to the failure of the coastal defence system in the final decades of Roman Britain.
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