archaeology Archives - Upper Wharfedale Field Society https://uwfs.org.uk/tag/archaeology/ The fells and valleys of Upper Wharfedale are overflowing with delights from which, once under their spell, very few can escape. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:34:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Roads and Bridges in Upper Wharfedale. How did a monk from Fountains Abbey travel to Malham in the 12th Century? https://uwfs.org.uk/event/roads-and-bridges-in-upper-wharfedale-how-did-a-monk-from-fountains-abbey-travel-to-malham-in-the-12th-century/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:30:00 +0000 https://uwfs.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=12198 How did monks from Fountains Abbey reach Malham before  bridges were built? Were bridges wooden or  built of stone? Where was the oldest bridge built?

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]]> Archaeology in Grass Wood https://uwfs.org.uk/event/archaeology-in-grass-wood/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:30:00 +0000 https://uwfs.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=11587 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.

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]]> Overground and Underground: new dates and interpretations for the archaeological caves and landscapes of Ingleborough https://uwfs.org.uk/event/overground-and-underground-new-dates-and-interpretations-for-the-archaeological-caves-and-landscapes-of-ingleborough/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:30:00 +0000 https://uwfs.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=11260 The upland landscape around Ingleborough contains a classic example of a Karst landscape, and one of the UK’s largest and most famous cave resources. Over the past 60 years cavers have reported large numbers of archaeological finds from these caves, ranging in date from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Early Medieval period. The finds include human and animal remains, lithics, pottery and metalwork. The caves, and the landscape they sit in, are of very high archaeological and palaeoenvironmental significance and are the focus of the ‘Overground-Underground’ project. This is funded by the Foundation for Common Land as part of its ‘Our Common Cause’ project. This year on the project we have assessed human and animal remains from cave sites within the study area and carried out new radiocarbon and stable isotope analysis on 30 samples from 12 of these sites. Results of these analyses, alongside previously published data, allow more detailed understandings of cave use and the wider environment in prehistory.

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