The Bronze Age discoveries in Mitchell Laithes Farm, Ossett, West Yorkshire, offer an important glimpse into the region’s ancient past. Archaeological appraisals, particularly the one conducted in 2007 at Mitchell Laithes Rye Royds, have unearthed evidence of short episodes of occupation dating back to 3500-2000 BC.
Category: Barrow
Bowbridge Lane Late Bronze Age burial site, Catterick
- By George in Barrow, Bronze Age, Burial Mound, Iron Age, Roman
The excavation on the northern side of Bowbridge Lane as part of the A1 expansion revealed a significant archaeological site, with features indicative of Late Bronze Age funerary practices.
Kirklington Tumulus
- By George in Barrow, Bronze Age
“Prehistoric vessels dug out of the mound at Stapely Hill, Kirklington, in 1903. Fragments of several pottery urns of the Bronze Age, C. 1,000 B.C., one containing cremated human bones” Description and photo’s from Kirklington Church.
Kirkhaugh
- By George in Barrow, Bronze Age
This mound is 22ft. in diam. and about 3ft high. It has been built upon a natural knoll which makes the barrow look larger than it is. Excavation showed that the mound has an earthy core with a rubble capping.
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Kirklington Tumulus, North Yorkshire
- By George in Barrow, Neolithic, Uncategorized
Kirklington Tumulus “Prehistoric vessels dug out of the mound at Stapely Hill, Kirklington, in 1903. Fragments of several pottery urns of the Bronze Age, C. 1,000 B.C., one containing cremated human bones” Description and photo’s from Kirklington Church. “SE 326828 S. White reports that a polished flint axe was found by Mrs J. Fothergill in …
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