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Yes, the group organizes its own
excavations, but also supports other
research where volunteers with varying
interest and skill can lend a hand and
learn from the experience.

However, not everyone wants to or has
the physical ability to excavate and the
group’s activities include documentary
research, drawing, photography and
recording of artefacts and evidence. In
the winter there are monthly talks from
The clear land above the tree line and guest speakers and in the summer a
near open water, rare in limestone number of visits are organized. Field
country, gave an area for red deer and walking and surveying of sites takes
oxen to graze which were accessible to place prior to and during excavation
humans. The open water also gave helping with an understanding of the
opportunity to hunt smaller game. site being researched.
It is the search for this material
evidence and trying interpreting this IAG is a friendly group always ready to
evidence that is the stuff of welcome new members. To find out
archaeology. Interest in archaeology more look up the website
has been fuelled over the past 20 years “Ingleborough Archaeology Group” and
or so by a plethora of television shows, see the range of activities and reports
not least Time Team. from the group. There are a couple of
us in Hellifield who belong to the group
However, not all archaeology needs and would be happy to chat to anyone
the huge resources shown on the interested and/or give a lift to their first
programmes, nor the developer funding meeting. If you want more direct
such as the enormous project to information contact this magazine at
unearth the archaeology along the magazinehellifield@gmail.com, one of
London Crossrail. Though some costs the Hellifield members will be happy to
are involved much can and is done by help you find out more.
amateur groups, though often with
support of a professional archaeologist. Bob Moore

In this area, one such group is
Ingleborough Archaeology Group
(IAG), based at Ingleton. This group
offers a wide range of activities each
year, with activities suited to different
interest and skills. In fact the group
excavated and researched a Mesolithic
site in Kingsdale and produced a report
in 2010.

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