Mexborough and Swinton Times September 3, 1937.

Wath Archeologist’s Work

Mr. K. A. Steer, only son of Mr. H. Steer, headmaster of Brampton Ellis School, and Mrs. Steer, came this week into the national news by reason of the excavations he is directing on the walls of the old Roman site of Isurium, now Aldborough.

The work is being carried out by the Roman Antiquities Committee of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, and when members of the Society visited the excavations on Monday Mr. Steer gave a description of the digging and its results.

He said the excavations had revealed that the city walls were homogeneous, and that the bastion had been added to the wall defences during the fourth century. The wall of the angle tower was considered one of the finest in England, but not quite so fine as the multangular tower at York. Up to the present, he had found no pottery which would have made accurate dating possible, but he was hopeful that some would soon be unearthed. A skeleton which was found with a jewelled dagger close beside it and other small articles were on view.

Mr. Steer, I may add, attended Wath Grammar School, whence he went to Durham University and took a history honours degree. Last year he became a Fellow of the University and has distinguished himself in the field of archaeological research.