Ancient monuments

Grass Wood is the local Yorkshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve. It is a Site of Special
Scientific Interest (a SSSI) due the importance of its botany and of considerable natural
history interest. Grass Wood also contains a rich range and large number of items of
archaeological interest reflecting a probable 2000 years of human activity. These are of
intrinsic interest, documenting a long period of social change and include two Scheduled
Ancient Monuments (SAMs). Collectively, these archaeological remains form a real
management challenge. This talk will review archaeology within Grass Wood – who found it,
what they found, and what they made of it. It will conclude by looking at the results of two
recent professional surveys of the SAMs.