Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 81

A 1.4-ha excavation, carried out in advance of housing development, investigated the site of a multi-phase settlement dating approximately to between the mid-1st and mid=3rd centuries AD. The earliest later Iron Age activity was represented by a diverse range of apparently unenclosed structures and features, which were replaced by a rectilinear enclosure complex focused upon a principal enclosure containing a central roundhouse. The enclosure complex was subsequently re-organised and expanded, a development which might be equated with a trend from pastoralism towards arable farming. Despite an increase in the adoption of Roman material culture (in the form of pottery), the site seems to have remained essentially native. As well as a notable assemblage of pottery the site has produced significant quantities of animal bone, small assemblages of stone artefacts, ironwork and metalworking residues, six infant burials and a single Roman coin. Earlier prehistoric activity is represented by an assemblage of residual worked flint flakes and tools.

The remains of nine limekilns survive at Barnby Basin, the former terminus of the Barnsley canal, near the village of Cawthorne. This article uses business records and other contemporary evidence to look at trade on the canal and the distribution of lime products for building and agricultural purposes along the turnpikes of the hinterland of Barnby to the south, east and north, especially to the Holmfirth area. The canal was completed to Barnby in 1802 and the kilns continued in use until the early 1870s, by which time the transportation in the area had been revolutionised by the development of railways.

The recent paper by Hall et al. 2008 is a welcome publication that includes isotope data on tooth enamel from a number of individuals. While the interpretation within the paper is not incorrect, in the time between the production of the data and the publication, some of the samples were re-analysed for oxygen isotope composition, by a more consistent and reliable method, and more strontium isotope data is available for comparative studies. Hence we submit this note to update the dataset and context for the Riccall individuals described in Hall et al. 2008.\r\nHall et al. 2008. 'The medieval cemetery at Riccall Landing: a reappraisal', YAJ 80:55-92

Reviews of: \r\nExcavations at Bowes and Lease Rigg Roman Forts, by S.S. Frere and R.L. Fitts, Yorkshire Archaeological Report 6, 2009, Yorkshire Archaeological Society.\r\n\r\nYorkshire Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Sites, by Guy Points, 2007, Rihtspell.\r\n\r\nThe North Manor and North-West Enclosure. Wharram: A Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds, IX, by P. A. Rhatz and L. Watts, York University Archaeological Publications 11, 2004, English Heritage and York University Archaeological Publications.\r\n\r\nWater Resources and their Management. Wharram: A Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds, X, by C. Treen and M. Atkin, York University Archaeological Publications 12, 2005, English Heritage and York University Archaeological Publications.\r\n\r\nShiptonthorpe, East Yorkshire: Archaeological Studies of a Romano-Brititsh Roadside Settlement, ed. by M. Millett, Yorkshire Archaeological Report 5, 2006, Yorkshire Archaeological Society.\r\n\r\nThe Medieval Park: New Perspectives, ed. by Robert Liddiard, 2007, Windgather Press.\r\nWho Built Beverley Minster? ed. by P. S. Barnwell and Arnold Pacey, 2008, Spire Books.\r\n\r\nArchaeology of the A1(M) Darrington to Dishforth DBFO Road Scheme, F. Brown et al., Lancaster Imprints, 2007, Oxford Archaeology North.\r\n\r\nEight Centuries of Milling in North East Yorkshire, by John K. Harrison, 2001, new edition 2008, North York Moors National Park Authority.\r\n\r\n