More information : (SE 983250 - SE 975247) Broken bones, oyster shells, an Aucissa brooch, fragments of bronze and pottery were found in patches of black earth, probably rubbish pits, in a section of Red Cliffs, North Ferriby; bounded in the east by Long Plantation (SE 983250) and in the west by Melton Creek (SE 975247), by C W and E V Wright in 1932. The pottery, including Samian ware, was dated to the first half of the first century AD A four foot deep trench containing a layer of stones a foot from the bottom thought to be an oven, was also observed. Further finds from the site have included a second brooch, Collingwood Group G, fragments of iron and bronze, the latter including a bronze pin of a penannular brooch, (3) fragments of abutt beaker, terra negra and other native wares (4). The Aucissa brooch is listed by Challis and Harding. The above finds indicate that this was a Romano- British settlement site. (for further pottery finds see
SE 92 NE 6). (1-5)
In 1986 excavations at Redcliff began revealing a series of gullies, ditches and pits together with one cremation. Finds included pottery and brooches of the 1st century AD. Finds of Coritanian coins in the vicinity together with imported finewares suggest that the site was a trading station or a port-of-trade, successful in the mid-1st century AD. (6)
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