The assault on Stanwick was the climax of the Brigantian war. Wheeler excavated a dramatic scene at the Tofts entrance — a scattered skeleton with a sword lying nearby, interpreted as a defender killed in the assault. The scale of Stanwick earthworks (six miles of ramparts) suggests a major engagement. Venutius disappears from history after the fall; the Brigantes were incorporated into the province.
Skeletal evidence of combat at gate; mass casualties likely given scale of fortifications
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