Thursday 22nd July 2010:

Field Trip to Fylingdales Moor: Site Excavation and Rock Art

Following the moorland fire in 2003, an unexpected landscape of prehistoric monuments was revealed on Fylingdales Moor, near Ravenscar. This year, Blaise Vyner is investigating prehistoric clearance cairns and the enigmatic ‘gullied structures’ on Stoup Brow. He has invited us to join him on-site (weather permitting) to see the final stages of his excavations.

We also will have the opportunity to study examples of ‘cup and ring’ rock art with Paul Brown, whose recently published book (Brown PM & Chappell G, 2005, Prehistoric Rock Art in the North York Moors, Tempus, p33-74) provides a splendid introduction to the sites.

The terrain can be rough and appropriate walking gear/ weather protection is essential, as we will be spending several hours on this exposed heather moorland. Members are advised not to wear shorts, nor to bring dogs onto the moor and to carry any food and drinks they may need for the afternoon.

We will meet in the Stoup Brow car park at NZ 969.012 at 1400hrs (accessed from the A171 Scarborough-Whitby road at the Falcon Inn, follow the signs to Ravenscar and then, when the radio mast is straight ahead on a bend, go straight up the track to the car park). After the visit, there are several local cafes, to refresh you before your journey home. No charges will be made for the visit.

If you intend to come, please contact our Meetings Sec, Maureen Berlin, m.berlin@ntlworld.com (0113-226-7453) and advise her whether a) you have any spare seats, or b) you require a lift.

 

Saturday, 4th December 2010: 1400hrs, Xmas meeting at Claremont

“The Earliest Humans in the Yorkshire Dales: Understanding the Archaeological Record”
Tom Lord, who hosted our visit to his farm at Lower Winskill, Langliffe, nr Settle in August 2008, will update us on recent advances in research into the early human occupation of the Dales.

“Archaeology in Quarries in Northern England: Some Recent Discoveries and Hot Topics”
Clive Waddington of Archaeological Research Services Ltd will tell us about their productive exploration of Tarmac quarry sites in Northumberland, which have yielded evidence of landscape use in the Millfield basin during the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, extending into the Dark Ages.

Saturday, 5th March 2011: 1400hrs at Claremont; Section AGM, preceded by:-

“Rediscovering Gristhorpe Man”
Dr Nigel Melton and Dr Janet Montgomery from the University of Bradford will discuss their re-investigation of the unique EBA log-coffin burial from the cliff-top barrow at Gristhorpe, now housed in the refurbished Rotunda Museum in Scarborough. They will explain how modern scientific techniques have provided much new information upon this important find.