1911-12.  Two archaeologists, Hornby and Stanton, excavating the well of the Roman Fort and Signal Station on Huntcliff near Saltburn on the North Yorkshire coast, came upon some interesting finds. By that time nearly all the fort either had been eroded or had fallen into the sea by the erosion of the cliff and only the well and some foundations remained.

CERDIC - The adventures of a youth of fourteen years and his younger sister Julie on the day the Romans abandoned the coastal forts and signal stations after having occupied the land for over three hundred and fifty years.

' It could be a fine day; that's how it seemed to Cerdic as he scrambled to the top of the Nab, the dew-damp clay slipping beneath his bare feet and bouncing down over clumps of grass below.'

But there were surprises waiting for him on that ' fine day.'